Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, that is designed to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an email message is sent from one address, but to look as being sent from another one, frequently with the idea to scam the recipient in some way. When SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a unique record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers around the world get it. The record features all e-mail servers that are permitted to send authentic messages from an e-mail address part of the domain. When a message is sent, the first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and when its sending server is authorized, the message is forwarded to the target destination. In case, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the specified domain, the message won't be sent and it will be discarded. Whenever you use this solution, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam messages which appear to have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is available as standard with each and every shared website hosting package that we supply and you will be able to use it without difficulty to protect the e-mails for any domain hosted in your account. The service is controlled from the Emails section of the advanced, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP of the mail server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. As soon as the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out emails from e-mails generated under the domain name that you've picked. Your e-mails may be managed by another company, but in case that we manage them along with your website, you can also activate an option for emails to be sent only if the domain uses our MX records. This selection will provide you with better protection as just our server will be certified to send email messages from your mailboxes and you'll have superior control. If you have any kind of questions or if you experience any kind of difficulties with this service, you'll be able to contact our tech support team anytime and they'll assist you right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection attribute is featured with all the Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans, so when you host your domains in an account on our cloud web hosting platform, you are able to activate this particular service effortlessly for any of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a very easy to use interface, therefore you will not have to be proficient in the use of computers to secure your emails. You will simply need to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you'd like to be certified to send out emails 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 limit the outgoing emails and protect your mailboxes even further by allowing email messages to be sent only if the domain in question features our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain name have to be taken care of by us and not by a different supplier. By doing this you'll get even superior control and there will not be a chance for any person to forge your email addresses for malicious purposes.