DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email authentication system, which impedes email headers from being forged and email content from being manipulated. This is done by attaching a digital signature to each email sent from an email address under a particular domain name. The signature is published on the basis of a private encryption key that is available on the SMTP email server and it can be validated using a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. Thus, any email with edited content or a spoofed sender can be spotted by email service providers. This technology will strengthen your worldwide web safety tremendously and you will know for sure that any message sent from a business partner, a bank, and so on, is a genuine one. When you send out email messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that appears to be counterfeit may either be tagged as such or may never appear in the recipient’s inbox, based on how the given provider has chosen to handle such emails.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting
If you host a domain in a shared web hosting account with us, all the mandatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be set up by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain name in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, as long as the domain also uses our NS records. A private key will be generated on our mail servers, whereas a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System automatically using the TXT resource record. Thus, you will not have to do anything manually and you’ll be able to enjoy all the benefits of this email validation system – your messages will be sent to any audience without being discarded and nobody will be able to send out messages forging your addresses. The latter is rather important in case the nature of your Internet presence suggests sending out regular offers or newsletters via email to potential and existing clients.