Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, that is intended to stop the so-called email spoofing where an email message can be sent from one email, but to look as being sent from a different one, often with the objective to fraud the recipient someway. If SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a unique record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers worldwide receive it. The record contains all the e-mail servers that are allowed to send authentic messages from an email address part of the domain. When an e-mail is sent, the first DNS server it encounters verifies the SPF record and if the sending server is authorized, the message is sent to the target destination. If, 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 will be discarded. In case you use this solution, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam messages which appear to have been sent by you.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
The SPF protection option is provided as standard with each cloud hosting plan that we supply and you are able to use it with ease so as to secure the emails for each domain name hosted in your account. The service is operated from the Emails section of the advanced, and easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the e-mail server and its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. Once the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out e-mail messages from emails generated under the domain name that you've picked. Your e-mails can be handled by some other company, but if we manage them along with your site, you can activate the option for messages to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This feature gives you greater security as solely our server will be certified to send out e-mails from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or if you have any kind of problems with this service, you can contact our technical support crew at any time and they will help you in a timely manner.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to use the SPF protection feature as a part of the conventional collection of services that you will get with this kind of website hosting. Activating the protection involves just a few easy steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so that even when you have never used this type of feature before, you will not have any type of issues. Through a really easy-to-use interface, you'll only need to insert the information of the mail server which will be permitted to send messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the newly generated record propagates, nobody will be able to fake any email address for that particular domain and send email messages from a server other than the one you've entered. This does not necessarily have to be our mail server, still if we take care of your emails, you're able to enable an extra level of protection by choosing an option that email messages can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain employs our MX records. Our tech support crew can assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions about this service.