Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is intended to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one address, but to appear as being sent from a different, ordinarily with the purpose to scam the recipient in some way. If SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a special record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all of the DNS servers around the world receive it. The record includes all the mail servers that are permitted to send valid messages from an e-mail address part of the domain. When an e-mail is sent, the very first DNS server it goes to verifies the SPF record and if its sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the target receiver. In case, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the particular domain, the e-mail message will not be forwarded and it'll be discarded. Whenever you use this service, it'll stop third parties from sending spam that appear to have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

The SPF protection function is accessible as standard with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we supply and you are able to use it without any difficulty in order to protect the email addresses for any domain name hosted within your account. The service is controlled through the Emails section of our state-of-the-art, and intuitive Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the email server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out e-mail messages from e-mails generated under the domain that you've picked. Your e-mails may be handled by some other provider, but when we take care of them together with your web site, you may also enable an option for your messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This solution provides you with better protection as exclusively our server will be authorized to send out email messages from your mailboxes and you will have superior control. When you have any kind of questions or in case you have any kind of problems with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our technical support team at any time and they will help you right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to employ the SPF protection feature as part of the conventional collection of services that you will get using this type of web hosting. Activating the protection will require just a couple of simple steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so that even in the event that you've never used such a function before, you will not have any kind of problems. Using a really intuitive interface, you'll simply need to insert the details of the mail server that will be certified to send out messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the recently created record propagates, no one will be able to counterfeit any email for that particular domain name and send e-mail messages from a server other than the one you have typed in. This does not necessarily have to be our mail server, yet in case we handle your email messages, you will be able to enable one more level of security by picking an option that e-mail messages can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support staff will be able to assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions regarding this service.