SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that is aimed at stopping the so-called email forging. Essentially, it indicates sending some message from one email and making it seem to be sent from another one with the purpose to scam in some way the person receiving it. In the event that the SPF protection is running for a domain, a record which has all the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses in the domain is made. The record is kept on all DNS servers that direct the web traffic internationally, therefore they all can recognize whether an e-mail message originates from a trustworthy server or not. The check is done at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, and in the second one it's removed and it never reaches the supposed recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will prevent all unwanted people from using your email addresses for malicious purposes.
SPF Protection in Website Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for any domain name hosted in a website hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with just a couple of clicks. The feature is available in the Emails section of our modern Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to activate it is to pick one of your domain names from a drop-down menu and then enter the hostnames along with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers which will be permitted to send email messages from your email addresses. As an additional option you may also restrict the email messages to be sent from your domain only when it includes our MX records, in other words if our servers handle the emails for it, not a third-party provider. This feature will provide you with the top level of security, but it is not applicable if only your website is on our servers while the emails for the domain are managed elsewhere. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses safe from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to benefit from the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard group of services that you will have with this type of web hosting. Starting the protection requires just several easy steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even in case you've never used this kind of function before, you will not have any kind of problems. Employing a really easy-to-navigate interface, you will simply need to enter the information of the mail server which will be permitted to send out messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). The moment the recently created record propagates, no one will be able to fake any email address for that particular domain name and send out emails from a server other than the one you have typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, but in case we manage your emails, you are able to activate an additional level of protection by selecting an option that e-mails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support staff will be able to help you 24/7 in case you have any kind of questions related to this service.