SPF, which means Sender Policy Framework, is an email safety system, which is designed to verify whether an email message was sent by a licensed server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain will stop the counterfeiting of email addresses made with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this function for a domain creates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers which are allowed to send e-mail messages from mailboxes under the domain. Once this record propagates worldwide, it will exist on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time a new e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies whether it comes from an official server. In the event it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, but if it doesn't come from a server indexed in the SPF record for the domain, it is discarded. Thus nobody will mask an e-mail address to make it look as if you are e-mailing spam messages. This approach is also called email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

The SPF protection option is provided by default with every single cloud hosting plan that we offer and you're able to use it without any difficulty in order to secure the e-mail addresses for each domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is managed through the Emails section of the hi-tech, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to activate the protection is to type in the IP of the mail server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is active, only this server will be able to send messages from email addresses generated under the domain that you've selected. Your emails may be handled by another supplier, but when we take care of them together with your website, you may also activate the option for messages to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This selection gives you better protection as only our server will be approved to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you'll have improved control. When you have any questions or if you have any troubles with this service, you can contact our technical support crew anytime and they will assist you right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can protect your email addresses by enabling the SPF protection service for any domain name in your account with just a few clicks. This can be done in the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous experience with these kinds of matters, you will not have any kind of trouble to activate the security. Everything that you'll have to do is to pick a domain from a drop-down menu then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. When the updated record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be sent globally only if they're sent from that server. When your email addresses are managed by our company and not by a third-party supplier, you can also use an option for emails to be mailed only if the domain has our MX records and the latter would be the most secure option. Should you have any questions about thisfeature, you will be able to contact our support team 24/7.