Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is employed to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an e-mail message is sent from one email address, but to seem as being sent from another one, often with the purpose to scam the recipient for some reason. If SPF protection is activated for a domain, a special record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers globally have it. The record features all mail servers that are allowed to send authentic messages from an address under the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and if the sending server is authorized, the message is sent to the target receiver. When, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the particular domain, the message won't be forwarded and it will be discarded. When you use this service, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam emails which seem to have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

The SPF protection option is accessible as standard with each cloud web hosting plan that we supply and you'll be able to use it with ease so that you can protect the emails for any domain name hosted within your account. The service is controlled through the Emails section of the advanced, yet intuitive Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to enable the protection is to type the IP of the e-mail server and its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out messages from email addresses generated under the domain that you've picked. Your email addresses can be handled by some other provider, but in case that we manage them together with your web site, you can activate an option for email messages to be sent only when the domain features our MX records. This selection gives you even better protection as only our server will be authorized to send messages from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. When you have any kind of questions or if you have any sort of problems with this service, you'll be able to contact our tech support crew at any time and they will assist you right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection function comes with all the Linux semi-dedicated service, so if you host your domains in an account on our cloud web hosting platform, you're able to activate the service with ease for any of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a very intuitive interface, therefore you do not have to be proficient in the use of computers to secure your emails. You will simply need to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you would like to be authorized to send e-mails from your addresses and right after that the new record will be activated for the domain that you have selected. As a further option, we also allow you to control your outgoing e-mail messages and protect your mailboxes even further by allowing email messages to be sent only if the domain involved contains our MX records i.e. the email messages for the domain name should be taken care of on our end and not by some other provider. By doing so you'll enjoy even superior control and there will not be a chance for anyone to fake your e-mails for malicious uses.