DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the genuineness of an email message by using a digital signature. When DKIM is activated for a specific domain, a public encryption key is published to the global DNS system and a private one is stored on the mail server. If a new email message is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email is received, the signature is validated by the receiving server using the public key. Thus, the receiver can easily distinguish if the email message is legitimate or if the sender’s email address has been spoofed. A mismatch will appear if the content of the email message has been modified on its way as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to ensure that the sent and the delivered messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or erased. This email authentication system will increase your email safety, since you can validate the genuineness of the important email messages that you get and your associates can do the same with the messages that you send them. Based on the particular email provider’s adopted policy, a message that fails the check may be removed or may end up in the recipient’s mailbox with a warning symbol.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host a domain name in a cloud web hosting account with us, all the obligatory 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 created on our mail servers, while a public key will be added to the global DNS database automatically using the TXT record. Thus, you will not need 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 no one will be able to send out messages faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is rather important if the essence of your worldwide web presence involves sending regular newsletters or offers via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you pick any of the semi-dedicated hosting that we are offering, you will be able to use the DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service with any domain name that you add to your new account without any manual intervention, as our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform will create all the needed records automatically, provided that the domain name uses our name servers. The latter is required for a TXT record to be set up for the domain, since 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 email servers, so anytime you send a new email, it will include our platform’s digital signature. The number of spam email messages keeps growing each year and very frequently counterfeit email addresses are used, but when you make use of our hosting services, you and your customers or associates will not have to bother about that.