Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is designed to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an email message is sent from one email, but to look as being sent from another, ordinarily with the objective to scam the recipient in some way. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a specific record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all of the DNS servers globally get it. The record features all the mail servers that are allowed to send valid messages from an address within the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and in case the sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the target destination. When, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the given domain, the e-mail message won't be forwarded and it'll be removed. In case you use this service, it will stop third parties from sending spam emails which seem to have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting

The SPF protection feature is available as standard with each shared website hosting plan that we supply and you're able to use it without difficulty in order to secure the e-mails for any domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is operated from the Emails section of our innovative, and easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type the IP address of the mail server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. As soon as the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send e-mails from e-mails made under the domain that you've selected. Your emails can be taken care of by some other company, but if we handle them together with your site, you can activate an option for messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This feature will provide you with improved security as exclusively our server will be permitted to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you'll have superior control. If you have any questions or in case you experience any sort of issues with this service, you can contact our technical support team at any time and they will help you without delay.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to benefit from the SPF protection feature as part of the standard collection of services that you will get with this type of hosting. Enabling the protection requires just a few easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so that even in the event that you have never employed this kind of function before, you will not have any kind of problems. Using an exceptionally intuitive interface, you'll simply have to type in the info of the mail server which will be permitted to send messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the newly made record propagates, no one will be able to fake any email address for that particular domain and send e-mails from a server different from the one you've entered. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, yet when we handle your emails, you are able to enable an extra level of security by selecting an option that e-mails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in the event that the domain employs our MX records. Our tech support crew can help you 24/7 in case you have any questions related to this service.