SPF, which is short for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is employed to confirm if an email message is sent by an official server. Employing SPF protection for a domain will prevent the forging of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this attribute for a domain generates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP of the servers which are allowed to send emails from mail boxes under the domain. Once this record propagates worldwide, it exists on all of the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Every time some e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it goes through verifies whether it comes from an official server. In the event it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, however if it does not originate from a server listed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is discarded. In this way nobody can mask an e-mail address then make it look as if you are sending spam. This technique is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

You are able to enable the SPF protection service for your domains with a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all our shared hosting. This is performed via the section with the same name and you can allow the protection for each and every domain part of our outstanding cloud hosting platform. Using a really handy interface, all you'll have to type in is the hostname of the mail server that will be approved to send messages from your email addresses and its IPv4 or IPv6 address. Last, but not least, you can include several servers as well, when needed. If your e-mails are taken care of by us, you may also take advantage of a more secure option by placing a limit that emails can be sent only if your domains include our MX records. This solution cannot be used if your site is hosted with us, and the e-mails are with a third-party supplier. Either way, the SPF protection solution will definitely enhance your web safety and prevent others from spoofing your email addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to protect your email addresses by enabling the SPF protection service for every domain name in the account with only a couple of clicks. This is done in the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous experience with these kinds of things, you won't have any difficulties to enable the security. Everything that you will need to do will be to pick a domain from a drop-down list and after that type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. Once the new record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be mailed around the world only if they were sent from that server. If your e-mail addresses are handled by our company and not by some third-party supplier, you'll also be able to take advantage of an option for emails to be mailed only when the domain name features our MX records and this is the most secure option. Should you have any kind of questions related to thisfeature, you'll be able to contact our support crew 24/7.