SPF, which means Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is employed to validate whether an e-mail message was sent by an official server. Using SPF protection for a particular domain will stop the counterfeiting of emails created with the domain. In simple words: enabling this attribute for a domain name creates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP of the servers that are permitted to send emails from mail boxes under the domain. As soon as this record propagates globally, it exists on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time some email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through tests if it originates from an authorized server. When it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, however when it does not originate from a server part of the SPF record for the particular domain, it's rejected. In this way nobody will be able to mask an e-mail address to make it appear as if you're sending spam. This method is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host your domains in a cloud web hosting account on our end and we handle the e-mail addresses for them, you'll be able to activate SPF protection for them with a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is accessible in a separate section where you'll be able to view which domains are currently secured. For the ones which aren't, you can enable the SPF protection service and set up a lot of things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, as well as to create a rule that email messages can be sent only if your domains have our MX records. The last option is the most secure one, and you can use it when we manage the e-mails for your domain names and you are not using another e-mail supplier. The newly generated records will propagate within 24 hours and nobody will be able to forge the FROM field in a message with your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which is included with all of our semi-dedicated service, offers you an exceptionally intuitive interface to enable the SPF protection service for any domain name that you host within your new account. A few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that then you'll only have to type in the hostname and the IP address of the mail server that will be allowed to send messages from your e-mail addresses. In case the email messages are handled on our end and not by another provider, you'll be able to increase the protection level even more and activate an option for your outgoing email messages to be sent only if your domains feature our MX records. This option provides you with better control and it'll eliminate any possibility of somebody forging your emails with the intention of spamming or scamming people. It's not applicable in case just your web site is on our outstanding cloud website hosting platform, while your e-mails are managed by a different service provider. If you are not sure what options to pick, our technical support staff will help you 24/7.