SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email safety system, that is designed to verify if an e-mail message is sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain name will stop the counterfeiting of emails generated with the domain. In simple words: activating this attribute for a domain creates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers that are allowed to send emails from mailboxes under the domain. As soon as this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time a new e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses checks if it originates from an accredited server. If it does, it is sent to the destination address, yet when it doesn't come from a server listed in the SPF record for the domain, it's discarded. In this way nobody will mask an e-mail address then make it appear as if you are e-mailing spam messages. This method is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Hosting

The SPF protection function is provided by default with every single hosting plan that we supply and you will be able to use it without difficulty so that you can protect the email addresses for any domain hosted within your account. The service is handled through the Emails section of the revolutionary, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type the IP address of the email server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out e-mails from emails created under the domain that you've selected. Your email addresses can be handled by some other provider, but if we handle them along with your web site, you can activate the option for your email messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This selection gives you greater security as exclusively our server will be permitted to send out messages from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. When you have any questions or in case you have any sort of issues with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our tech support team anytime and they'll help you immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you can use the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard collection of services that you will receive using this kind of web hosting. Activating the protection will involve just a few easy steps within the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even if you have never used such a feature before, you won't have any problems. Through an exceptionally easy-to-navigate interface, you will simply have to insert the info of the mail server that will be permitted to send out messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the recently made record propagates, no one will be able to forge any email for that particular domain and send out emails from a server other than the one you have typed in. This doesn't necessarily have to be our mail server, but in case we take care of your e-mails, you can allow an additional level of protection by selecting an option that e-mails can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our tech support team can assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions related to this service.