Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, that is employed to prevent the so-called e-mail spoofing where an e-mail message is sent from one email, but to appear as being sent from a different, often with the idea to fraud the recipient for some reason. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain, a unique record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all of the DNS servers globally have it. The record includes all the email servers that are allowed to send legitimate messages from an email address part of the domain. When an email is sent, the very first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and in case its sending server is authorized, the message is forwarded to the target receiver. In case, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the given domain, the e-mail message will not be sent and it will be discarded. When you use this solution, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam that look as if they have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

The SPF protection option is provided by default with each cloud hosting package that we offer and you can use it without any difficulty to protect the emails for each domain name hosted within your account. The service is managed through the Emails section of the hi-tech, and intuitive Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to activate the protection is to type in the IP of the e-mail server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. The moment the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out messages from email addresses created under the domain name that you've selected. Your email addresses may be taken care of by another supplier, but in case that we take care of them in addition to your site, you may also activate the option for your emails to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This solution gives you greater security as only our server will be authorized to send email messages from your mailboxes and you'll have improved control. If you have any kind of questions or if you have any kind of difficulties with this service, you can contact our tech support crew at any time and they will give you a hand in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to secure your emails by activating the SPF protection service for any domain name in the account with just a few mouse-clicks. This is done in the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous experience with such matters, you won't have any kind of problems to enable the protection. All that you will have to do will be to choose a domain name from a drop-down list and after that type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the new record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be delivered worldwide only if they were sent from that specific server. If your e-mail addresses are handled by us and not by some third-party supplier, you'll also be able to take advantage of an option for emails to be mailed only if the domain name features our MX records and the aforementioned would be the most secure option. Should you have any kind of questions about thisfeature, you'll be able to contact our support crew 24/7.