SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail protection system, which is used to confirm whether an e-mail message is sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain will stop the forging of email addresses made with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this attribute for a domain name makes a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers that are allowed to send e-mail messages from mailboxes using the domain. As soon as this record propagates globally, it exists on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time a new e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses verifies whether it originates from an accredited server. If it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however if it does not come from a server part of the SPF record for the particular domain, it's discarded. In this way nobody will mask an e-mail address to make it look as if you're distributing spam messages. This method is also called email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

The SPF protection option is accessible by default with every single web hosting plan that we supply and you can use it without any difficulty so as to secure the email addresses for any domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of our outstanding, yet intuitive Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type the IP address of the mail server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. Once the protection is active, only this server will be able to send messages from e-mails created under the domain name that you have picked. Your e-mails may be managed by some other provider, but if we manage them together with your website, you can also enable an option for emails to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This solution gives you improved security as only our server will be certified to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any kind of questions or if you experience any kind of issues with this service, you'll be able to contact our tech support crew anytime and they will assist you without delay.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will provide you with an extremely intuitive interface to activate the SPF protection service for any domain name that you host within your new account. A few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia will be enough for that then you will only have to type in the hostname and the IP address of the mail server that will be permitted to send messages from your e-mail addresses. If the e-mail messages are taken care of by us and not by a different supplier, you'll be able to increase the protection level even further and benefit from an option for your outgoing e-mails to be sent only if your domain names use our MX records. This option will give you more control and it'll eliminate any possibility of anybody faking your email addresses with the intention of spamming or scamming people. It is not applicable in case just your site is hosted on our hi-tech cloud hosting platform, while your e-mails are managed by another service provider. If you aren't sure what features to select, our technical support staff will assist you 24/7.