SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email safety system, which is employed to confirm whether an email message was sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a domain name will stop the counterfeiting of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this attribute for a domain name generates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP of the servers which are permitted to send e-mails from mailboxes using the domain. The moment this record propagates globally, it will exist on all of the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. When some email message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses checks if it comes from an accredited server. If it does, it's sent to the destination address, however when it doesn't come from a server listed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is discarded. Thus nobody will mask an email address and make it look as if you are sending spam. This technique is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host your domains in a cloud web hosting account with us and we manage the e-mails for them, you'll be able to enable SPF protection for all of them with a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is accessible in a separate section where you will be able to see which domains are already protected. For those which aren't, you'll be able to activate the SPF protection service and set up a lot of things at the same time - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your e-mails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and even to create a rule that emails can be sent only if your domain names include our MX records. The aforementioned choice is the most secure one, but you can use it when we manage the e-mail addresses for your domain names and you are not using another email service provider. The new records will be activated within one day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an e-mail with your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can secure your emails by enabling the SPF protection service for any domain name in the account with only a few mouse-clicks. This is done through the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even in case you have no previous experience with such matters, you won't have any trouble to activate the security. The only things that you will have to do is to select a domain from a drop-down list and after that type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the updated record propagates, messages from your email addresses will be mailed worldwide only if they were sent from that server. If your email addresses are taken care of by us and not by some third-party supplier, you will also be able to benefit from an option for e-mail messages to be sent only when the domain name has our MX records and the aforementioned is the safest option. If you have any kind of questions related to thisfunction, you will be able to contact our technical support crew 24/7.