DomainKeys Identified Mail
What lies behind the acronym DKIM? How could this feature help your e-mail marketing plans?
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to confirm that an e-mail has been sent by an authorized person or server. An electronic signature is added to the email’s header by using a private key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to verify who actually sent it and if its content has been edited in some way. The primary purpose of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to obstruct the widespread scam and spam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature doesn’t match, you will either not receive the message at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning alert that most likely it’s not legitimate. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an additional safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see that all the emails that you exchange are authentic and have not been meddled with on their way.
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DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
You’ll be able to make use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each
Linux shared hosting plans that we are offering without the need to do anything specific, as the obligatory records for using this authentication system are set up automatically by our web hosting platform when you add a domain to an existing web hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the domain in question uses our NS records, a private key will be issued and stored on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System. In case you send out regular email messages to customers or business allies, they’ll always be received and no unsolicited party will be able to forge your address and make it seem like you have written a particular message.
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DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
All obligatory DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in a
semi-dedicated server account, so in case you decide to buy 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 must use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by our company and if this requirement is fulfilled, a private cryptographic key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you create using the domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to fake any email address. Both you and your associates or clients can take advantage of this functionality, as it will ensure a higher security level for your email correspondence.