DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which blocks email headers from being forged and email content from being meddled with. This is done by adding an electronic signature to each message sent from an email address under a certain domain. The signature is generated based on a private encryption key that’s available on the outbound SMTP server and it can be verified by using a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with altered content or a spoofed sender can be identified by mail service providers. This method will boost your web security substantially and you will know for sure that any email message sent from a business partner, a banking institution, and so on, is a genuine one. When you send emails, the recipient will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that appears to be bogus may either be tagged as such or may never enter the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the particular provider has chosen to treat such emails.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Web Hosting

In case you host a domain in a cloud web hosting account with us, all the required records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be added by default. This will happen once you add the domain name in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, on the condition that it also uses our NS resource records. A private cryptographic 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 won’t have to do anything manually and you’ll be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your messages will be sent to any destination without being disallowed and no one will be able to send out emails faking your email addresses. The latter is pretty important if the type of your Internet presence involves sending out periodic newsletters or offers via email to prospective and current clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All required DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to purchase a semi-dedicated hosting plan, you will not have to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email validation system. The domain should use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by us and in case this condition is matched, a private encryption key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System by a special TXT resource record. All addresses that you set up with the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to forge any email address. Both you and your associates or customers can benefit from this option, since it will ensure a much higher level of protection for your e-correspondence.