DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for verifying the genuineness of an email by using an e-signature. When DKIM is enabled for a given domain name, a public encryption key is published to the global DNS system and a private one is kept on the email server. When a new email is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email is received, that signature is verified by the incoming mail server using the public key. In this way, the receiver can easily distinguish if the message is legitimate or if the sender’s email address has been forged. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email has been altered in the meantime as well, so DKIM can also be used to make sure that the sent and the delivered messages are identical and that nothing has been added or erased. This email authentication system will boost your email safety, as you can verify the genuineness of the important email messages that you get and your associates can do the same with the messages that you send them. Based on the given email service provider’s policy, an email message that fails to pass the examination may be erased or may emerge in the receiver’s mailbox with a warning alert.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

You’ll be able to make full use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each website hosting that we are offering without having to do anything specific, since the necessary records for using this authentication system are created automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain to an active hosting account using the Hepsia Control Panel. If the particular domain name uses our name server records, a private key will be issued and kept on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the DNS database. If you send out periodic email messages to clients or business associates, they will always be received and no unauthorized person will be able to forge your address and make it seem like you have composed a given message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated packages come with DKIM activated by default, so in case you select a semi-dedicated plan and you add a domain name using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private encryption key on our mail servers for the e-signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the DNS database. As the protection is set up for a given domain, all addresses created using it will have a signature, so you won’t need to worry that the messages that you send may not reach their destination email address or that somebody may fake any of your email addresses and attempt to scam/spam people. This may be rather essential when you rely on e-communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish real email messages from phony ones.