SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that aims at stopping the so-called email forging. In simple terms, this means sending a message from one e-mail address and making it seem to be sent from another with the purpose to scam in some manner the individual receiving it. In the event that the SPF protection is running for a domain, a record that contains all of the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses within the domain is created. The record is saved on all the DNS servers that route the web traffic across the globe, so they all can recognize whether an email message comes from an authentic server or not. The check is performed at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the message is forwarded, and in the second one it's discarded and it never reaches its intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will stop any unwanted people from making use of your email addresses for harmful purposes.
SPF Protection in Website Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for each domain hosted in a website hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with just a couple of mouse-clicks. The feature is available in the Emails section of our state-of-the-art Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to activate it is to choose one of your domains from a drop-down menu and then type in the hostnames plus the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the e-mail servers that will be approved to send messages from your email addresses. As an additional option you can even restrict the messages to be sent from your domain name only if it has our MX records, i.e. if our servers handle the emails for it, not some third-party supplier. This option gives you the highest level of safety, but it's not applicable if only your web site is on our servers while the email addresses for the domain are managed in a different place. In either case, our SPF protection service will keep your emails protected from being used for spam and scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you can employ the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard group of services that you'll receive using this kind of hosting. Enabling the protection will involve only several simple steps within the Hepsia Control Panel, so even in the event that you haven't employed this kind of feature before, you won't have any problems. Through a really easy-to-use interface, you'll simply have to type in the details of the mail server which will be certified to send messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the recently created record propagates, nobody will be able to fake any email address for that particular domain and send emails from a server other than the one you've typed in. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, but if we take care of your e-mails, you'll be able to allow an extra level of security by selecting an option that e-mail messages can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain uses our MX records. Our tech support crew will be able to assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions regarding this service.