SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that is aimed at blocking the so-called email forging. Basically, this means sending some message from one email and making it appear to be sent from another with the idea to scam in some manner the individual opening it. If the SPF protection is active for a domain, a record which contains all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses under the domain is made. The record is saved on all DNS servers that route the Internet traffic around the world, so they all can recognize whether an email message comes from a valid server or not. The check is performed at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the message is forwarded, but in the second one it's removed and it never reaches its intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will prevent all unwanted people from making use of your emails for malicious objectives.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

SPF protection can be activated for every domain hosted in a web hosting account on our cloud platform with just a few clicks. The feature is available in the Emails section of our leading-edge Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to use it is to choose one of your domain names from a drop-down menu and to type in the hostnames together with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers which will be approved to send messages from your email addresses. As an added option you may also restrict the email messages to be sent from your domain only if it includes our MX records, i.e. when our servers handle the e-mail addresses for it, not some third-party supplier. This feature gives you the best level of security, but it's not applicable when only your site is on our servers while the email addresses for the domain name are handled in another place. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses safe from being used for spam or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection attribute is featured with all of the Linux semi-dedicated service, so when you host your domains in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to use this particular service with ease for all your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts, features a really easy to use interface, therefore you won't have to be tech-savvy to secure your emails. You'll simply have to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you'd like to be authorized to send e-mails from your addresses and right after that the updated record will be active for the domain that you've chosen. As a further option, we will also allow you to control the outgoing emails and protect your mailboxes even further by allowing emails to be sent only when the domain involved features our MX records i.e. the email messages for the domain need to be taken care of on our end and not by another provider. By doing this you'll enjoy even better control and there will not be any chance for someone to counterfeit your email addresses for harmful intentions.