DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which obstructs email headers from being spoofed and email content from being modified. This is achieved by adding an electronic signature to every message sent from an email address under a particular domain. The signature is generated on the basis of a private encryption key that is available on the outgoing SMTP email server and it can be verified with a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. In this way, any message with edited content or a forged sender can be recognized by mail service providers. This method will increase your worldwide web safety considerably and you will be sure that any e-mail message sent from a business associate, a bank, and so on, is an authentic one. When you send messages, the recipient will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email message that turns out to be phony may either be flagged as such or may never show up in the recipient’s mailbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to deal with such emails.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting
In case you host a domain in a website hosting account with our company, all the compulsory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be added by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain name in , as long as your domain also uses our NS resource records. A private cryptographic key will be generated on our email servers, whereas a public key will be published to the global Domain Name System automatically by using the TXT record. In this way, you won’t need to do anything manually and you’ll be able to make use of all the benefits of this authentication system – your emails will be sent to any destination without being denied and nobody will be able to send out email messages forging your addresses. The latter is pretty important in case the essence of your Internet presence involves sending regular newsletters or offers via email to potential and existing customers.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
All obligatory DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so in case you choose to buy a semi-dedicated server plan, you won’t need to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain must use our name servers in order for its DNS records to be managed on our end and in case this condition is answered, a private key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be sent to the DNS system by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you create using the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to forge any address. Both you and your associates or customers can benefit from this service, since it will guarantee a higher level of protection for your electronic communication.