SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a validation system that is aimed at protecting against the so-called email counterfeiting. In simple terms, this means sending some message from one email address and making it appear to be sent from a different one with the idea to scam in some manner the person opening it. If the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record that includes all the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses part of the domain is generated. The record is kept on all of the DNS servers that direct the web traffic across the globe, so they all can identify whether an e-mail message comes from a legitimate server or not. The check is performed at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, and in the second one it's discarded and it never gets to its intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domains will prevent any unwanted people from making use of your email addresses for malicious purposes.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

SPF protection can be activated for each domain name hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with only a couple of mouse-clicks. The function is available in the Emails section of our hi-tech Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to enable it is to choose one of your domain names from a drop-down list and then enter the hostnames as well as the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be authorized to send email messages from your emails. As an additional option you can even restrict the emails to be sent from your domain only if it includes our MX records, i.e. if our servers manage the email addresses for it, not some third-party supplier. This feature provides you with the highest level of safety, but it is not applicable if only your web site is on our servers while the email addresses for the domain are taken care of elsewhere. Regardless, our SPF protection service will keep your email addresses secure from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are able to protect your emails by activating the SPF protection service for any domain name hosted in the account with only a few clicks. This can be done in the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel that is included with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous practical experience with these issues, you won't have any kind of trouble to enable the security. Everything that you will need to do is to select a domain name from a drop-down menu and after that type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. As soon as the new record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be delivered globally only if they're sent from that server. When your emails are managed by us and not by some third-party provider, you'll also be able to activate an option for email messages to be sent only if the domain name includes our MX records and the latter is the most secure option. If you have any questions regarding thisfeature, you can get in touch with our support crew 24/7.