DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which hinders email headers from being forged and email content from being meddled with. This is done by adding a digital signature to each and every email message sent from an address under a certain domain name. The signature is generated on the basis of a private key that’s available on the SMTP mail server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with modified content or a forged sender can be identified by email service providers. This method will increase your worldwide web security tremendously and you’ll be sure that any message sent from a business partner, a banking institution, and so on, is authentic. When you send messages, the receiver 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 be delivered to the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the particular provider has decided to cope with such messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is enabled by default for all domain names that are hosted in a web hosting account on our cloud website hosting platform, so you won’t need to do anything on your end to enable it. The sole requirement is that the particular domain name should be hosted in a website hosting account on our end using our NS and MX records, so that the email messages will go through our mail servers. The private encryption key will be generated on the server and the TXT resource record, which includes the public key, will be published to the DNS system automatically, so you will not have to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email validation system will enable you to send out credible email messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for instance, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unsolicited third parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.