SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that is aimed at preventing the so-called email forging. Basically, it indicates sending some message from one email and making it appear to be sent from another with the purpose to scam in some way the person getting it. When the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record that contains all of the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses under the domain is created. The record is placed on all of the DNS servers that route the web traffic globally, therefore they all can identify if an e-mail message originates from a valid server or not. The check is performed at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, but in the second it's discarded and it never gets to the supposed recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop any unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for harmful purposes.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

If you host your domain names in a cloud hosting account on our end and we manage the e-mail addresses for them, you are able to enable SPF protection for any of them with a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is accessible in a section of its own where you're able to see which domains are currently secured. For the ones that aren't, you'll be able to enable the SPF protection option and configure various things during this process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your email addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and to set a rule that emails can be sent only when your domains use our MX records. The last mentioned solution is the most secure one, and you can use it in the event that we manage the email addresses for your domains and do not use some other e-mail 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 using your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to secure your emails by enabling the SPF security service for any domain in your account with only a few mouse-clicks. This can be done from the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous practical experience with such things, you will not have any problems to activate the protection. The only things that you will have to do is to choose a domain name from a drop-down menu and then type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. When the updated record propagates, messages from your email addresses will be sent around the world only if they are sent from that server. In case your e-mail addresses are handled by us and not by some third-party provider, you'll also be able to benefit from an option for emails to be mailed only when the domain name features our MX records and the aforementioned is the most secure option. In case you have any questions regarding thisfeature, you can get in touch with our tech support crew 24/7.