SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that is aimed at blocking the so-called email counterfeiting. In simple terms, this indicates sending some message from one e-mail address and making it look like it’s sent from another with the idea to scam in some way the individual receiving it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record which has all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses part of the domain is generated. The record is kept on all DNS servers that direct the web traffic around the world, so they all will identify whether an e-mail message originates from an authentic server or not. The check is conducted at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, and in the second it is discarded and it never reaches its intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop any unauthorized people from making use of your emails for harmful objectives.

SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting

SPF protection can be activated for every domain hosted in a shared website hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with only a few clicks. The function can be found in the Emails section of our exceptional Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to use it is to select one of your domain names from a drop-down menu and enter the hostnames and the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers that will be approved to send email messages from your emails. As an added option you can even restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain name only if it includes our MX records, i.e. when our servers manage the e-mail addresses for it, not a third-party provider. This solution will provide you with the highest degree of protection, but it is not applicable when only your site is on our servers while the emails for the domain are taken care of in a different place. In either case, our SPF protection service will keep your email addresses protected from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will be able to take advantage of the SPF protection feature as a part of the regular set of services that you will have with this type of website hosting. Starting the protection will involve only a few simple steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even in case you've never used this kind of feature before, you won't have any troubles. Using a very time and effort saving interface, you will only need to type in the info of the mail server which will be certified to send messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the newly generated record propagates, nobody will be able to counterfeit any e-mail for that particular domain and send e-mail messages from a server different from the one you have entered. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, however when we manage your email messages, you will be able to allow one more level of security by choosing an option that e-mail messages can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only in the event that the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support team can assist you 24/7 in case you have any questions about this service.