SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail safety system, which is employed to confirm whether an e-mail message was sent by a certified server. Using SPF protection for a particular domain name will prevent the counterfeiting of email addresses generated with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this feature for a domain creates a specific record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP of the servers that are permitted to send emails from mail boxes under the domain. As soon as this record propagates globally, it exists on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Any time an email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies whether it comes from an approved server. If it does, it is sent to the destination address, but if it doesn't come from a server listed in the SPF record for the domain, it's discarded. Thus nobody can mask an email address then make it look as if you're e-mailing spam messages. This technique is also termed email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

You can activate the SPF protection service for your domains with just a few clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of our cloud web hosting plans. This carried out from the section bearing the very same name and you'll be able to set up the protection for any domain on our innovative cloud hosting platform. Using a really intuitive interface, all you need to submit is the hostname of the mail server which will be approved to send out messages from your e-mails and its IPv4 or IPv6 address. Of course, you are able to add several servers as well, if needed. When your emails are managed by us, you can also use a more secure option by placing a restriction that emails can be sent only if your domains have our MX records. This solution cannot be used when your site is hosted with us, while your e-mail addresses are with some third-party supplier. In either case, the SPF protection solution will vastly increase your web protection and prevent other people from spoofing your email addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can secure your emails by activating the SPF protection service for every domain hosted in the account with just a few clicks. You can do this through the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you lack previous experience with such matters, you will not have any problems to enable the security. Everything that you'll need to do is to find a domain from a drop-down menu then type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the new record propagates, messages from your emails will be delivered worldwide only if they're sent from that server. If your email addresses are handled by us and not by a third-party supplier, you'll also be able to benefit from an option for e-mail messages to be sent only when the domain name has our MX records and the aforementioned is the safest option. When you have any kind of questions regarding thisfeature, you can contact our support team 24/7.