SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email safety system, which is is intended to validate if an e-mail message was sent by an authorized server. Employing SPF protection for a domain will stop the forging of emails created with the domain. In simple words: activating this function for a domain name creates a specific record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that contains the IP of the servers that are allowed to send emails from mailboxes using the domain. As soon as this record propagates worldwide, it exists on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. When an e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses tests if it originates from an official server. When it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, yet if it doesn't come from a server indexed in the SPF record for the domain, it's discarded. In this way nobody will be able to mask an e-mail address to make it look as if you're distributing spam messages. This technique is also referred to as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

You're able to activate the SPF protection service for your domain names with just a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with all our Linux cloud hosting. This is done from the section with the same name and you can enable the protection for each and every domain on our state-of-the-art cloud platform. Using a very user-friendly interface, all you need to type in is the hostname of the mail server that will be permitted to send out messages from your emails and its IPv4 or IPv6 address. Of course, you can include several servers too, when needed. When your e-mails are managed by us, you may also use an even more risk-free option by putting a limit that emails can be sent only if your domains feature our MX records. This solution can't be applied when your site is hosted here, while your emails are with some third-party supplier. In either case, the SPF protection solution can definitely improve your web protection and stop other people from spoofing your email addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to employ the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard collection of services that you will get using this type of web hosting. Starting the protection involves only a few simple steps within the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even in the event that you haven't employed this type of function before, you will not have any kind of problems. Using an exceptionally intuitive interface, you will just need to type in the info of the mail server which will be authorized to send out messages from your addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). The moment the recently generated record propagates, no one will be able to forge any email for that particular domain and send e-mails from a server different from the one you've entered. This does not necessarily have to be our mail server, still if we manage your emails, you'll be able to allow an additional level of security 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 team will be able to assist you 24/7 if you have any questions related to this service.