DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to verify that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized individual or email server. An e-signature is added to the email’s header using a private key. When the email message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to check who exactly sent it and if the content has been edited in some way. The prime purpose of DKIM is to hinder the widespread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature doesn’t match, you will either not receive the message at all, or you will get it with a warning notice that most likely it’s not a genuine one. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature examination. DKIM will also supply you with an extra layer of protection when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see that all the e-mails that you send are authentic and haven’t been meddled with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Web Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is activated by default for all domains that are hosted in a cloud web hosting account on our cloud servers, so you will not have to do anything on your end to enable it. The only requirement is that the particular domain should be hosted in an account on our end using our MX and NS resource records, so that the emails will go through our email servers. The private encryption key will be created on the server and the TXT resource record, which contains the public key, will be published to the global Domain Name System automatically, so you will not have to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this option. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email validation system will enable you to send trustable messages, so if you are sending a newsletter or offers to clients, for example, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unauthorized third parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you choose one of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans offered by our company, you’ll be able to use the DomainKeys Identified Mail option with any domain that you register through your new semi-dedicated server account without any manual setup, as our leading-edge cloud hosting platform will create all the required records automatically, as long as the domain uses our name servers. The aforementioned is needed for a TXT record to be created for the domain name, 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 whenever you send a new email, it will include our platform’s e-signature. The number of unsolicited bulk messages continues to grow each year and very frequently counterfeit addresses are used, but if you make use of our hosting services, you and your customers or partners will not need to worry about that.