SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that aims at preventing the so-called email counterfeiting. Basically, this means sending some message from one e-mail address and making it appear to be sent from another one with the objective to scam in some way the individual opening it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record that contains all the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses in the domain is generated. The record is kept on all the DNS servers that route the web traffic across the globe, thus they all will identify whether an email message comes from a legitimate server or not. The check is done at the first server where the email goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, and in the second it's removed and it never gets to the supposed recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop any unauthorized people from making use of your emails for malicious objectives.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

The SPF protection function is accessible by default with every single web hosting package that we supply and you'll be able to use it with ease so as to protect the e-mail addresses for each domain name hosted within your account. The service is controlled through the Emails section of the outstanding, yet easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type the IP of the email server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. When the protection is active, only this server will be able to send messages from e-mails generated under the domain name that you've selected. Your e-mails can be managed by some other company, but if we manage them along with your site, you may also enable the option for e-mail messages to be sent only when the domain features our MX records. This solution will provide you with better protection as exclusively our server will be approved to send out emails from your mailboxes and you'll have superior control. When you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any sort of problems with this service, you'll be able to contact our technical support team at any time and they will assist you in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection attribute is provided with all of the semi-dedicated plans, so if you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you will be able to use this service without difficulty for all of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a rather easy to use interface, therefore you won't need to be tech-savvy to protected your e-mail addresses. You'll simply need to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you would like to be authorized to send e-mails from your addresses and shortly after that the new record will be activated for the domain name that you've selected. As a further option, we will also allow you to restrict your outgoing emails and protect your mailboxes even better by allowing e-mail messages to be sent only if the domain name involved has our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain have to be handled by us and not by another provider. Thus you'll get even better control and there won't be any chances for someone to fake your e-mails for harmful uses.