DomainKeys Identified Mail
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) - learn more about it, what it does, what it does and how to activate it for your mailboxes.
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to prove that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated mail server or individual. A digital signature is added to the header of the message by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to validate who actually sent it and whether the content has been altered in some way. The primary job of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to impede the widespread scam and spam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If a message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the email message at all, or you will receive it with a warning that most probably it is not legitimate. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an additional safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, since they can see that all the e-mails that you send are genuine and have not been manipulated on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is included by default with any domain name that’s registered through a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is in fact the public cryptographic key that confirms if a certain message is genuine or not. This record is set up as soon as a new domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated server account through the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our email servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target audience and you will not need to worry about unsolicited persons forging your email addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something very important in case you use emails to touch base with your business collaborators.