Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is used to prevent the so-called e-mail spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one email address, but to look as being sent from another, frequently with the idea to scam the recipient for some reason. If SPF protection is enabled for a domain, a unique record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers worldwide have it. The record features all e-mail servers that are permitted to send authentic messages from an address within the domain. When a message is sent, the very first DNS server it encounters verifies the SPF record and if its sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the targeted destination. In case, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the particular domain, the e-mail message will not be sent and it will be removed. Whenever you employ this solution, it will prevent third parties from sending spam that look as if they have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is available by default with each website hosting plan that we offer and you are able to use it with ease so as to protect the e-mail addresses for any domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of the innovative, and easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type the IP of the mail server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. The moment the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out messages from emails generated under the domain name that you've selected. Your email addresses can be managed by another company, but when we handle them in addition to your web site, you can also enable an option for messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This selection gives you better protection as just our server will be certified to send messages from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any questions or in case you have any sort of issues with this particular service, you can contact our technical support crew at any time and they'll assist you without delay.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection attribute is provided with all of the Linux semi-dedicated servers, so if you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you will be able to activate this particular service effortlessly for any of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes as standard with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a quite easy to work with interface, which means that you do not need to be proficient in the use of computers in order to secure your email addresses. You will simply have to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you would like to be allowed to send e-mails from your addresses and right after that the new record will be active for the domain name that you've chosen. As an extra option, we also give you the ability to control the outgoing e-mail messages and protect your mailboxes even better by permitting emails to be sent only when the domain in question features our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain need to be taken care of here and not by a different provider. Thus you will have even superior control and there will not be any chance for somebody to counterfeit your emails for malicious activities.