DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to prove that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated server or individual. An electronic signature is added to the header of the email by using a private cryptographic key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who actually sent it and if the content has been modified in any way. The prime job of DKIM is to prevent the widespread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the email message at all, or you’ll get it with a warning alert that most probably it’s not genuine. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an additional layer of safety when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you send are genuine and haven’t been manipulated in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

In case you host a domain name in a shared web hosting account from our company, all the needed records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be set up by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain in , on the condition that your domain also uses our NS records. A private key will be created on our email servers, whereas a public key will be sent to the DNS system automatically using the TXT record. Thus, you will not have to do anything manually and you will be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your messages will be sent to any destination without being discarded and nobody will be able to send email messages forging your email addresses. The latter is pretty important in case the type of your worldwide web presence suggests sending out periodic newsletters or offers via email to potential and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you pick one of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting services offered by our company, you’ll be able to use the DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service with any domain that you add to your new semi-dedicated account without any manual setup, as our top-notch cloud platform will create all the needed records automatically, on the condition that the domain uses our name servers. The latter is needed for a TXT record to be set up for the domain, since this is how the public encryption key can become available in the global DNS database. The private key will also be added automatically to our email servers, so anytime you send out a new message, it will carry our system’s electronic signature. The number of spam email messages keeps growing each year and quite frequently false email 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.