Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, that is intended to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one e-mail, but to look as being sent from a different, frequently with the purpose to scam the recipient for some reason. When SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a specific record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all of the DNS servers globally get it. The record contains all the mail servers that are allowed to send valid messages from an email address within the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and in case the sending server is authorized, the message is forwarded to the targeted receiver. When, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the particular domain, the e-mail message won't be submitted and it'll be removed. In the event that you employ this solution, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam messages that seem to have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

SPF protection can be activated for every domain hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud platform with no more than a couple of clicks. The function can be found in the Emails section of our outstanding Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to activate it is to choose one of your domains from the drop-down list and to type in the hostnames plus the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers which will be certified to send email messages from your email addresses. As an additional option you can also restrict the messages to be sent from your domain name only when it has our MX records, i.e. if our servers handle the emails for it, not a third-party supplier. This solution offers you the best standard of protection, but it's not applicable in case only your website is on our servers while the e-mail addresses for the domain name are handled in another place. Either way, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses secure from being used for spam and scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to employ the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard set of services that you will get using this type of website hosting. Starting the protection will involve only a couple of easy steps within the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even in case you haven't employed such a function before, you will not have any kind of troubles. Using an exceptionally intuitive interface, you'll only need to enter the information of the mail server which will be authorized to send out messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the recently generated record propagates, no one will be able to counterfeit any e-mail for that particular domain and send out e-mail messages from a server different from the one you have typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, yet in case we handle your email messages, you're able to activate one more level of security by choosing an option that email messages can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support crew can help you 24/7 in case you have any questions related to this service.