SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email safety system, that is used to confirm if an email message was sent by a licensed server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain name will prevent the faking of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this function for a domain creates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP addresses of the servers which are allowed to send e-mails from mailboxes using the domain. As soon as this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Whenever some e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it uses checks if it originates from an accredited server. If it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, but if it doesn't come from a server part of the SPF record for the particular domain, it's discarded. In this way nobody will mask an e-mail address to make it appear as if you're distributing spam. This approach is also referred to as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is accessible as standard with every single website hosting plan that we offer and you'll be able to use it without difficulty in order to secure the email addresses for any domain hosted within your account. The service is managed through the Emails section of our advanced, and easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type the IP address of the email server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. When the protection is active, only this server will be able to send messages from emails made under the domain that you have picked. Your emails can be handled by a different supplier, but if we manage them in addition to your site, you can also activate an option for email messages to be sent only if the domain uses our MX records. This feature provides you with greater protection as solely our server will be approved to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you will have better control. If you have any questions or in case you experience any sort of issues with this service, you'll be able to contact our technical support crew at any time and they will give you a hand immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes as standard with our Linux semi-dedicated servers, provides you with an extremely user-friendly interface to activate the SPF security service for each domain name that you host within your new account. Just a few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that and you will only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server that will be permitted to send out messages from your e-mails. If the e-mails are managed on our end and not by a different supplier, you are able to boost the security level even further and benefit from an option for the outgoing emails to be sent only if your domain names feature our MX records. This option will give you increased control and it'll eliminate any chance of somebody counterfeiting your e-mail addresses with the objective of spamming or scamming people. It is not applicable if only your website is hosted on our hi-tech cloud web hosting platform, while your e-mails are handled by another service provider. If you are not sure what options to pick, our tech support staff will help you 24/7.