DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to confirm that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated server or person. An e-signature is added to the header of the email by using a private encryption key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to check who actually sent it and whether its content has been changed in any way. The fundamental function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to impede the widely spread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature doesn’t match, you will either not receive the email at all, or you will get it with a warning notice that most probably it’s not a legitimate one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature examination. DKIM will also give you an extra safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, since they can see for themselves that all the messages that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been meddled with in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is pre-activated for all domains that are hosted in a cloud website hosting account on our cloud servers, so you won’t need to do anything yourself to activate it. The sole condition is that the given domain should be hosted in an account on our end using our NS and MX records, so that the email messages will go through our mail servers. The private encryption key will be generated on the server and the TXT record, which includes the public key, will be published to the global DNS database automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email authentication system will permit you to send out credible messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for example, your email messages will always reach their target audience, while unauthorized third parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All necessary DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain name as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to buy a semi-dedicated hosting package, you will not have to configure anything to be able to use the email authentication system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS resource records can be managed by our company and in case this condition is met, a private cryptographic key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be added to the DNS system by a special TXT record. All addresses that you set up using the domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to fake any email address. Both you and your associates or clients can take advantage of this functionality, since it will guarantee a higher safety level for your e-correspondence.