DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which obstructs email addresses from being forged and email content from being manipulated. This is done by attaching an e-signature to each email message sent from an address under a certain domain name. The signature is published based on a private cryptographic key that is available on the outgoing SMTP mail server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. In this way, any email message with edited content or a forged sender can be spotted by mail service providers. This technology will increase your online security immensely and you’ll know for sure that any email message sent from a business ally, a bank, etc., is genuine. When you send emails, the recipient will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email message that turns out to be bogus may either be flagged as such or may never enter the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the given provider has decided to cope with such email messages.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting
If you host a domain in a website hosting account from us, all the mandatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be created by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, on the condition that it also uses our NS resource records. A private key will be created on our email servers, while a public key will be published to the Domain Name System automatically using the TXT record. Thus, you will not have to do anything manually and you will be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this authentication system – your email messages will be sent to any target destination without being disallowed and nobody will be able to send emails forging your e-mail addresses. The latter is really important in case the nature of your Internet presence involves sending out regular newsletters or offers via email to prospective and current customers.