SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that aims at protecting against the so-called e-mail forging. Basically, it indicates 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 person getting it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record which includes all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses within the domain is made. The record is saved on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic across the globe, so they all can identify whether an e-mail message comes from a valid server or not. The check is conducted at the first server where the email goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, while in the second it's discarded and it never gets to the supposed recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will prevent any unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for malicious purposes.

SPF Protection in Shared Web Hosting

SPF protection can be enabled for each domain hosted in a shared web hosting account on our cloud platform with only a couple of clicks. The option can be found in the Emails section of our state-of-the-art Hepsia Control Panel and all you need to activate it is to choose one of your domain names from a drop-down menu and type in the hostnames along with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the e-mail servers which will be permitted to send messages from your emails. As an additional option you may also restrict the messages to be sent from your domain name only if it includes our MX records, in other words if our servers handle the email addresses for it, not a third-party supplier. This feature gives you the best level of protection, but it's not applicable if only your site is on our servers while your email addresses for the domain are taken care of in another place. In either case, the SPF protection service will keep your emails safe from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to take advantage of the SPF protection feature as a part of the regular set of services that you will get using this type of web hosting. Enabling the protection involves just a couple of easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, therefore even in case you haven't employed such a function before, you will not have any issues. Through a really easy-to-navigate interface, you'll only have to enter the information of the mail server that will be certified to send out messages from your addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the newly made record propagates, nobody will be able to forge any email address for that particular domain name and send messages from a server different from the one you have entered. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, but if we manage your email messages, you can allow one more level of protection by selecting an option that e-mails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support crew will be able to help you 24/7 in case you have any questions related to this service.