SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail safety system, that is employed to confirm if an email message is sent by an authorized server. Employing SPF protection for a domain will prevent the faking of emails made with the domain. In simple words: enabling this attribute for a domain name generates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that contains the IP addresses of the servers which are permitted to send emails from mailboxes under the domain. The moment this record propagates globally, it will exist on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. When an e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it goes through checks if it comes from an approved server. In the event it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, however if it doesn't originate from a server listed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it's rejected. In this way nobody will mask an email address and make it appear as if you're e-mailing spam. This approach is also termed email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is accessible by default with every single shared website hosting package that we supply and you will be able to use it with ease so that you can protect the email addresses for each domain hosted within your account. The service is managed through the Emails section of the hi-tech, yet easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to activate the protection is to type in the IP address of the e-mail server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. When the protection is active, only this server will be able to send email messages from e-mails generated under the domain name that you have selected. Your e-mails may be handled by a different supplier, but in case that we manage them together with your web site, you can activate the option for email messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This option will provide you with improved protection as exclusively our server will be approved to send out email messages from your mailboxes and you will have superior control. When you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any difficulties with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our tech support team at any time and they'll give you a hand right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with all of our semi-dedicated servers, provides you with a really intuitive interface to activate the SPF protection service for each domain name that you host inside your new account. Just a few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia will be enough for that and you will only have to type in the hostname and the IP address of the mail server that will be permitted to send messages from your e-mails. If the emails are taken care of by us and not by some other supplier, you can boost the protection level even further and activate an option for your outgoing e-mail messages to be sent only if your domains include our MX records. This option gives you more control and it'll eliminate any possibility of someone forging your emails with the intention of spamming and / or scamming people. It's not applicable if just your web site is on our outstanding cloud website hosting platform, while your e-mails are managed by another service provider. If you aren't sure what options to choose, our technical support team will help you 24/7.