DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which prevents email headers from being forged and email content from being meddled with. This is done by attaching a digital signature to each and every message sent from an address under a particular domain. The signature is created on the basis of a private encryption key that’s available on the outgoing email server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. In this way, any message with altered content or a forged sender can be spotted by mail service providers. This technology will heighten your worldwide web safety substantially and you will know for sure that any message sent from a business associate, a bank, etc., is legitimate. 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 appears to be fake may either be flagged as such or may never show up in the recipient’s inbox, depending on how the particular provider has chosen to handle such messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting

If you purchase one of the Linux cloud website hosting that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be activated by default for any domain that you add to your web hosting account, so you will not have to set up any records or to do anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the email messages related to this domain name will be handled by our cloud platform), a private encryption key will be created instantaneously on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. All addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send email messages such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the receivers will be sure that they are genuine, as the DKIM option makes it impossible for unsolicited parties to spoof your e-mail addresses.