DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a validation system, which prevents email headers from being spoofed and email content from being meddled with. This is done by attaching a digital signature to every email sent from an email address under a specific domain. The signature is issued on the basis of a private cryptographic key that’s available on the outgoing SMTP server and it can be verified using a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. Thus, any email with altered content or a forged sender can be recognized by email providers. This approach will increase your online security dramatically and you’ll know for sure that any message sent from a business ally, a banking institution, etc., is authentic. When you send out messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be phony may either be flagged as such or may never enter the recipient’s mailbox, based on how the particular provider has decided to deal with such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host a domain name in a cloud website hosting account from us, all the mandatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be created by default. This will happen once you add the domain in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, provided that it also uses our NS resource records. A private key will be generated on our email servers, whereas a public key will be published to the DNS database automatically using the TXT resource record. Thus, you won’t need to do anything manually and you’ll be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this email authentication system – your messages will reach any audience without being denied and nobody will be able to send out messages forging your email addresses. The latter is pretty important if the type of your Internet presence involves sending regular offers or newsletters via email to prospective and current customers.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you select any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we are offering, you will be able to use DomainKeys Identified Mail protection with any domain name that you register through your new semi-dedicated hosting account without any manual intervention, as our cutting-edge cloud platform will create all the mandatory records automatically, on the condition that the domain uses our name servers. The latter is required for a TXT resource record to be set up for the domain name, as this is how the public cryptographic key can become available in the global Domain Name System. The private key will also be added automatically to our email servers, so whenever you send a new message, it will have our system’s digital signature. The number of junk messages keeps growing every year and rather often fake email addresses are used, but if you use our hosting services, you and your clients or partners won’t need to worry about that.