SPF, which means Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is used to confirm whether an email message was sent by a licensed server. Using SPF protection for a given domain will stop the faking of email addresses generated with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this function for a domain name creates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP addresses of the servers that are allowed to send e-mail messages from mail boxes using the domain. The moment this record propagates globally, it will exist on all DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Any time some e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies whether it comes from an approved server. In the event it does, it is sent to the destination address, however when it does not come from a server part of the SPF record for the domain, it is discarded. Thus nobody can mask an email address to make it appear as if you're e-mailing spam. This method is also known as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Website Hosting

SPF protection can be enabled for every domain name hosted in a website hosting account on our cloud platform with just a couple of mouse-clicks. The feature can be found in the Emails section of our revolutionary Hepsia Control Panel and all you need to use it is to pick one of your domains from a drop-down menu and then type in the hostnames plus the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be certified to send emails from your emails. As an added option you can even restrict the emails to be sent from your domain only when it includes our MX records, i.e. if our servers manage the email addresses for it, not some third-party supplier. This solution gives you the best degree of security, but it is not applicable when only your web site is on our servers while the email addresses for the domain are handled in a different place. In either case, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses secure from being used for spam or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can secure your emails by activating the SPF security service for any domain name in your account with only a few clicks. This can be done in the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with the semi-dedicated accounts and even when you have no previous practical experience with these kinds of things, you won't have any difficulties to enable the security. Everything that you will need to do will be to choose a domain name from a drop-down menu then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the new record propagates, messages from your emails will be mailed around the world only if they were sent from that particular server. If your email addresses are managed by us and not by some third-party supplier, you will also be able to use an option for emails to be sent only when the domain name has our MX records and the aforementioned is the safest option. Should you have any kind of questions related to thisfeature, you will be able to get in touch with our support team 24/7.