SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is designed to confirm whether an email message is sent by an official server. Employing SPF protection for a given domain name will prevent the forging of email addresses created with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this attribute for a domain name makes a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers which are permitted to send emails from mail boxes using the domain. The moment this record propagates worldwide, it will exist on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. When an email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through tests if it originates from an accredited server. When it does, it's sent to the destination address, but when it doesn't come from a server part of the SPF record for the domain, it's discarded. Thus nobody can mask an email address to make it appear as if you are sending spam messages. This technique is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

If you host your domains in a cloud hosting account on our end and we handle the e-mails for them, you'll be able to activate SPF protection for all of them with several clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is accessible in a section of its own where you are able to see which domains are currently protected. For those that aren't, you will be able to activate the SPF protection option and set up a lot of things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your e-mail addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and even to set a rule that email messages can be sent only when your domain names have our MX records. The last option is the most secure one, and you can use it when we handle the e-mail addresses for your domain names and you're not using some other e-mail supplier. The newly created records will be activated within a day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an email with your e-mail addresses.

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 protection service for any domain name in your account with only a couple of mouse-clicks. This can be done through the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous experience with such things, you won't have any kind of troubles to enable the protection. The only things that you will need to do is to pick a domain name from a drop-down list and then type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the new record propagates, messages from your emails will be sent globally only if they are sent from that server. If your emails are managed by us and not by a third-party provider, you'll also be able to benefit from an option for e-mail messages to be mailed only when the domain name features our MX records and the aforementioned is the safest option. When you have any questions related to thisfunction, you'll be able to contact our support crew 24/7.