DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email authentication system, which impedes email headers from being spoofed and email content from being manipulated. This is done by attaching a digital signature to each email message sent from an email address under a certain domain name. The signature is published on the basis of a private cryptographic key that is available on the sending server and it can be verified by using a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. In this way, any message with edited content or a spoofed sender can be identified by email providers. This technology will strengthen your web security enormously and you will know for sure that any e-mail message sent from a business collaborator, a bank, etc., is legitimate. When you send out emails, the recipient will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that appears to be counterfeit may either be marked as such or may never show up in the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the particular provider has chosen to deal with such messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host a domain name in a cloud website hosting account from us, all the necessary records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be added by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, as long as the domain also uses our NS resource records. A private cryptographic key will be generated on our mail servers, whereas a public key will be added to the global DNS system automatically using the TXT record. In this way, you will not need to do anything manually and you will be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this authentication system – your email messages will be sent to any destination without being rejected and nobody will be able to send messages faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is really important in case the nature of your worldwide web presence involves sending out regular offers or newsletters via email to potential and current clients.