SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a certification system that is aimed at preventing the so-called email forging. Basically, this indicates sending a message from one email address and making it seem to be sent from another with the idea to scam in some manner the person receiving it. In the event that the SPF protection is running for a domain, a record which contains all the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses part of the domain is generated. The record is saved on all DNS servers that route the Internet traffic across the globe, so that they all can recognize whether an e-mail message comes from a legitimate server or not. The check is done at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, but in the second one it's discarded and it never gets to its intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop any unauthorized people from using your emails for harmful objectives.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host your domain names in a cloud web hosting account on our end and we handle the e-mails for them, you'll be able to enable SPF protection for any of them with a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is available in a separate section where you can view which domain names are already secured. For the ones that are not, you'll be able to activate the SPF protection solution and configure a lot of things during the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your emails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, and even to set a rule that email messages can be sent only when your domain names include our MX records. The last option is the most secure one, but it can be used if we manage the email addresses for your domains and you are not using a different email provider. The newly generated records will be activated within a day and nobody will be able to forge the FROM field in an e-mail with your e-mail addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you can secure your emails by enabling the SPF security service for any domain name hosted in your account with just a few clicks. You can do this in the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts and even in case you have no previous practical experience with these kinds of things, you won't have any kind of problems to activate the security. The only things that you'll have to do is to choose a domain name from a drop-down list and after that type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. When the new record propagates, messages from your emails will be sent worldwide only if they are sent from that server. When your emails are taken care of by us and not by some third-party supplier, you can also activate an option for email messages to be sent only when the domain contains our MX records and this would be the most secure option. When you have any kind of questions regarding thisfeature, you can contact our tech support crew 24/7.