SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that aims at protecting against the so-called e-mail faking. Essentially, this means sending some message from one e-mail and making it look like it’s sent from another one with the purpose to scam in some way the person receiving it. If the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record that includes all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses in the domain is created. The record is kept on all the DNS servers that route the web traffic all over the world, therefore they all can identify if an e-mail message comes from a valid server or not. The verification is performed at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, and in the second it is removed and it never reaches its intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop all unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for malicious objectives.

SPF Protection in Website Hosting

The SPF protection feature is provided as standard with every single website hosting package that we supply and you're able to use it without difficulty so that you can protect the e-mails for any domain hosted as part of your account. The service is controlled from the Emails section of the cutting-edge, yet easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to activate the protection is to type the IP address of the e-mail server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out email messages from emails made under the domain name that you've picked. Your e-mails can be taken care of by some other company, but when we take care of them along with your web site, you can activate an option for emails to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This option provides you with improved security as solely our server will be approved to send messages from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any kind of difficulties with this service, you can contact our technical support team anytime and they'll give you a hand without delay.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection attribute is featured with all the Linux semi-dedicated plans, so when you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you can activate this service with ease for any of your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very easy to work with interface, therefore you will not need to be proficient in the use of computers to secure your email addresses. You'll simply need to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you'd like to be authorized to send out emails from your addresses and right after that the updated record will be active for the domain that you have chosen. As an additional option, we'll also allow you to control your outgoing e-mail messages and secure your mailboxes even further by allowing emails to be sent only if the domain name involved features our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain need to be managed by us and not by another company. By doing this you will have even superior control and there won't be a chance for somebody to forge your emails for harmful activities.