Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, that is intended to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an email message is sent from one email address, but to appear as being sent from a different, often with the objective to fraud the recipient in some way. 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 globally have it. The record features all email servers that are permitted to send valid messages from an email address part of the domain. When an e-mail is sent, the first DNS server it encounters verifies the SPF record and when the sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the target receiver. When, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the particular domain, the e-mail message will not be forwarded and it will be removed. When you employ this service, it'll stop third parties from sending spam e-mails that look as if they have been sent from you.
SPF Protection in Hosting
The SPF protection feature is accessible as standard with every single hosting plan that we offer and you will be able to use it without difficulty to protect the e-mails for each domain hosted within your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of the state-of-the-art, albeit easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type the IP of the e-mail server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send e-mails from emails made under the domain that you have selected. Your e-mails may be handled by some other provider, but if we handle them in addition to your web site, you can also activate an option for your e-mail messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This selection gives you improved security as just our server will be certified to send out email messages from your mailboxes and you'll have superior control. When you have any kind of questions or in case you have any troubles with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our technical support team anytime and they'll give you a hand without delay.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
The SPF protection feature is provided with all of the semi-dedicated servers, so if you host your domain names in an account on our cloud web hosting platform, you will be able to use this particular service without difficulty for all of your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a rather easy to work with interface, so you will not have to be tech-savvy in order to protected your e-mail addresses. You will simply have to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you'd like to be allowed to send emails from your addresses and shortly after that the updated record will be active for the domain name that you've picked. As an extra option, we also allow you to restrict the outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes even better by allowing emails to be sent only when the domain involved contains our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain need to be handled on our end and not by a different supplier. Thus you will enjoy even superior control and there will not be any chance for any person to fake your emails for malicious uses.