1 DKIM is a standard authentication practice that helps domain owners verify their legitimacy and ensure the safe transfer of emails. This mitigates the risk of spam, even for forwarded emails. Email authentication is a must-have security measure that organizations are required to implement due to the rising threat of cyberattacks and brand impersonation.
Generating DKIM Key Pair:
To enable DKIM signing, you will have to generate the DKIM key pair. Follow these steps to generate the DKIM key pair:
- Go to the Domain Level Control Panel and select Outgoing > DKIM.
- Choose DKIM Key Length according to your DNS standards.
- Enter the DKIM selector of your choice and then click on Generate and save new private/public pair
- Once the key has been generated, copy it to clipboard.
Publishing DKIM key through DNS:
- Log in to your to Directadmin > select domain > Manage DNS
- Create a TXT record in your DNS with the title : x._domainkey. for example: x._domainkey.domainname.com
- In the section allotted for the TXT record value, paste the copied contents of the DKIM public key
- Click Save.