Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, that is employed to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one e-mail address, but to look as being sent from another one, ordinarily with the objective to scam the recipient in some way. If SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a unique record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers around the world have it. The record contains all of the e-mail servers that are allowed to send authentic messages from an e-mail address under the domain. When an e-mail is sent, the very first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and when its sending server is authorized, the message is forwarded to the target destination. If, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the particular domain, the message will not be sent and it will be discarded. When you employ this service, it will stop third parties from sending spam which seem to have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is provided by default with every single shared website hosting package that we offer and you are able to use it without difficulty to protect the email addresses for any domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is managed from the Emails section of our hi-tech, and easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the email server and its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. As soon as the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out messages from e-mails created under the domain name that you've selected. Your e-mails may be managed by a different supplier, but if we take care of them in addition to your site, you may also activate an option for email messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This solution provides you with improved security as just our server will be certified to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you will have superior control. When you have any questions or in case you experience any sort of troubles with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our technical support team anytime 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 from our company, you will be able to use the SPF protection feature as part of the regular group of services that you'll get with this type of hosting. Enabling the protection will involve just a couple of easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even in the event that you've never employed such a function before, you won't have any kind of issues. Using a very time and effort saving interface, you'll simply have to enter the info of the mail server which will be certified to send messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). The moment the newly created record propagates, no one will be able to fake any email for that particular domain and send emails from a server different from the one you have typed in. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, however if we manage your e-mails, you can activate an extra level of protection by choosing an option that e-mail messages can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our tech support team can assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions regarding this service.