Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, that is designed to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an email message is sent from one email, but to seem as being sent from a different, typically with the objective to scam the recipient in some way. If SPF protection is activated for a domain, an exclusive record is generated for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers globally receive it. The record contains all of the email servers that are permitted to send authentic messages from an e-mail address within the domain. When a message is sent, the very first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and if its sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the targeted receiver. When, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the specified domain, the e-mail message won't be forwarded and it'll be discarded. In case you employ this service, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam messages which appear to have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

The SPF protection feature is accessible by default with every single cloud website hosting package that we supply and you are able to use it without any difficulty to protect the emails for each domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is operated from the Emails section of the state-of-the-art, yet easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to activate the protection is to type the IP 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 emails from email addresses generated under the domain that you have picked. Your e-mail addresses can be managed by some other supplier, but in case that we take care of them together with your website, you can also enable an option for your e-mails to be sent only when the domain has our MX records. This selection will provide you with even better security as only our server will be permitted to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any kind of difficulties with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our technical support team anytime and they'll give you a hand immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The SPF protection attribute is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting, so in case you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you'll be able to activate the service effortlessly for any of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a really intuitive interface, which means that you won't need to be proficient in the use of computers in order to protected your e-mail addresses. You'll only need to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you'd like to be authorized to send emails from your addresses and immediately after that the updated record will be activated for the domain name that you have selected. As an extra option, we will also give you the ability to limit your outgoing emails and protect your mailboxes even further by permitting email messages to be sent only when the domain in question includes our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain have to be managed by us and not by some other supplier. Doing so you will enjoy even superior control and there will not be any chance for any person to fake your emails for malicious objectives.