SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that is aimed at stopping the so-called email forging. Basically, this indicates sending a message from one e-mail and making it appear to be sent from another one with the objective to scam in some manner the person getting it. In case the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record which has all of the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses in the domain is created. The record is stored on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic around the world, so that they all will recognize whether an e-mail message originates from a legitimate server or not. The check is done at the very first server where the email goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, and in the second one it's removed and it never reaches the supposed recipient. Using SPF records for your domains will stop all unwanted people from making use of your emails for harmful objectives.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

SPF protection can be enabled for every domain hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud platform with only a few mouse-clicks. The feature can be found in the Emails section of our outstanding Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to enable it is to select one of your domain names from the drop-down menu and then type in the hostnames along with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers that will be certified to send emails from your email addresses. As an additional option you can even restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain only if it has our MX records, in other words when our servers handle the email addresses for it, not a third-party provider. This option gives you the top standard of security, but it's not applicable in case only your web site is on our servers while your email addresses for the domain are managed in a different place. Either way, the SPF protection service will keep your emails risk-free from being used for spam and scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are able to use the SPF protection feature as a part of the conventional group of services that you will have with this kind of website hosting. Starting the protection will require just a few simple steps within the Hepsia Control Panel, therefore even in the event that you have never used such a function before, you won't have any problems. Through a very easy to work with interface, you will only need to type in the info of the mail server that will be authorized to send out messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). The moment the newly generated record propagates, no one will be able to forge any email for that particular domain name and send email messages from a server other than the one you have typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, however in case we manage your emails, you'll be able to activate an additional level of security by picking an option that emails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support team can help you 24/7 in case you have any kind of questions regarding this service.