SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail safety system, that is designed to verify if an email message is sent by an authorized server. Employing SPF protection for a domain name will prevent the faking of emails generated with the domain. In simple words: activating this function for a domain name makes a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP addresses of the servers which are permitted to send e-mail messages from mailboxes using the domain. When this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. When a new email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through tests if it comes from an approved server. In the event it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, but when it doesn't come from a server indexed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is discarded. Thus nobody can mask an e-mail address and make it appear as if you are e-mailing spam messages. This approach is also termed email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

SPF protection can be activated for each domain hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud platform with only a couple of clicks. The feature is accessible in the Emails section of our exceptional Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to enable it is to select one of your domain names from a drop-down list and then enter the hostnames along with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be permitted to send messages from your email addresses. As an additional option you may also restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain only when it includes our MX records, i.e. when our servers handle the e-mail addresses for it, not a third-party supplier. This solution provides you with the highest level of protection, but it's not applicable if only your web site is on our servers while your e-mail addresses for the domain are handled in a different place. Either way, the SPF protection service will keep your emails secure from being used for spam or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will be able to employ the SPF protection feature as part of the regular group of services that you'll get using this type of web hosting. Enabling the protection involves just a couple of easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even in the event that you've never employed such a feature before, you will not have any troubles. Through a really easy to work with interface, you'll only have to enter the info of the mail server which will be permitted 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, nobody will be able to counterfeit any e-mail for that particular domain name and send out messages from a server different from the one you've typed in. This doesn't necessarily have to be our mail server, but if we take care of your emails, you'll be able to enable an extra level of security by choosing an option that e-mails can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our tech support staff can assist you 24/7 if you have any questions about this service.