DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a validation system, which stops email headers from being forged and email content from being modified. This is done by adding an electronic signature to each email message sent from an email address under a certain domain. The signature is generated based on a private encryption key that is available on the outbound SMTP server and it can be validated using a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email with edited content or a forged sender can be identified by email service providers. This approach will strengthen your web safety noticeably and you’ll be sure that any email sent from a business partner, a bank, and so on, is genuine. When you send out emails, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email message that turns out to be fraudulent may either be labeled as such or may never appear in the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the given provider has decided to deal with such emails.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is pre-activated for all domain names that are hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud web hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything yourself to activate it. The only condition is that the particular domain name should be hosted in a hosting account on our end using our NS and MX records, so that the emails will go through our email servers. The private cryptographic key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which includes the public key, will be published to the DNS database automatically, so you will not need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DKIM validation system will permit you to send out credible e-mails, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to customers, for instance, your email messages will always reach their target destination, while unauthorized 3rd parties will not be able to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All needed DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so in case you choose to use this type of hosting, you won’t have to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain should use our name servers in order for its DNS records to be managed by us and in case this precondition is fulfilled, a private key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the DNS database by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you set up with the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to spoof any address. Both you and your partners or clients can take advantage of this service, as it will ensure a much higher safety level for your email communication.