DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to verify that an email message has been sent by an authorized person or email server. A digital signature is added to the header of the email by using a private encryption key. When the email message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to verify who actually sent it and if the content has been changed in some way. The fundamental purpose of DKIM is to block the widely spread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If a message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not get the message at all, or you will receive it with a warning note that most likely it’s not authentic. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails to pass the signature test. DKIM will also offer you an added security layer when you communicate with your business associates, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the messages that you exchange are genuine and have not been manipulated in the meantime.

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 website hosting platform, so you will not need to do anything yourself to turn it on. The only condition is that the given domain name should be hosted in a hosting account on our end using our NS and MX records, so that the email messages will go through our mail servers. The private key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which contains the public key, will be published to the global DNS system automatically, so you will not have to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DKIM validation system will allow you to send trustable e-mail messages, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to clients, for example, your emails will always reach their target destination, whereas unsolicited 3rd parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you select one of the semi-dedicated servers offered by us, you will be able to use the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature with any domain name that you add to your brand-new semi-dedicated server account without any manual setup, as our high-tech cloud web hosting platform will create all the needed records automatically, as long as the domain uses our name servers. The aforementioned is required for a TXT resource record to be set up for the domain, as this is how the public cryptographic key can become available in the global DNS database. The private key will also be added automatically to our mail servers, so anytime you send out a new message, it will include our system’s electronic signature. The number of unsolicited bulk messages continues to grow every year and rather often fake email addresses are used, but if you make use of our web hosting services, you and your customers or partners will not need to worry about that.