Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, which is used to stop the so-called email spoofing where an email message is sent from one address, but to seem as being sent from another one, usually with the purpose to scam the recipient for some reason. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a special record is generated for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers around the world have it. The record includes all of the email servers that are permitted to send authentic messages from an address part of the domain. When a message is sent, the very first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and when the sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the target destination. If, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the specified domain, the e-mail message will not be sent and it'll be removed. Whenever you employ this solution, it'll stop third parties from sending spam emails that look as if they have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

The SPF protection option is available by default with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you're able to use it without any difficulty so as to secure the e-mails for each domain hosted as part of your account. The service is operated through the Emails section of our advanced, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to enable the protection is to type in the IP of the email server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send e-mails from email addresses made under the domain name that you have selected. Your e-mail addresses may be handled by another provider, but when we handle them in addition to your web site, you can also enable the option for email messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This solution gives you greater protection as just our server will be authorized to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you will have superior control. When you have any questions or in case you experience any kind of issues with this service, you'll be able to contact our tech support crew anytime and they'll help you right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The SPF protection feature is available with all of the semi-dedicated packages, so when you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you will be able to use the service without difficulty for all your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a rather easy to use interface, which means that you don't need to be proficient in the use of computers in order to protected your emails. You'll only need to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you'd like to be permitted to send out e-mails from your addresses and immediately after that the updated record will be active for the domain name that you've picked. As an extra option, we will also allow you to control your outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes even better by permitting emails to be sent only if the domain in question contains our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain name should be handled by us and not by a different company. Doing so you will have even better control and there won't be any chances for any person to counterfeit your email addresses for malicious uses.