SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is designed to validate if an e-mail message was sent by an authorized server. Employing SPF protection for a domain will stop the counterfeiting of emails created with the domain. In simple words: enabling this attribute for a domain name generates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers which are allowed to send emails from mail boxes under the domain. As soon as this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Whenever an email message is sent, the first DNS server it goes through checks if it comes from an official server. If it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however when it doesn't come from a server part of the SPF record for the particular domain, it is rejected. Thus nobody will be able to mask an e-mail address and make it look as if you're sending spam messages. This approach is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

The SPF protection function is accessible as standard with each and every cloud web hosting package that we offer and you can use it with ease so that you can protect the emails for each domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is operated through the Emails section of the outstanding, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to activate the protection is to type the IP of the mail server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. Once the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out messages from email addresses created under the domain name that you have selected. Your e-mail addresses may be managed by some other provider, but in case that we take care of them along with your website, you can also activate the option for your e-mails to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This feature gives you improved protection as solely our server will be authorized to send emails from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any sort of troubles with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our tech support crew anytime and they'll help you in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection feature is featured with all of the Linux semi-dedicated servers, so when you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you can use the service with ease for any of your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes as standard with the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy to use interface, so you will not have to be proficient in the use of computers to protected your e-mail addresses. You'll simply need to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you'd like to be certified to send emails from your addresses and immediately after that the updated record will be active for the domain that you've picked. As a further option, we also allow you to restrict your outgoing email messages and secure your mailboxes even better by permitting emails to be sent only if the domain name involved includes our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain name need to be managed on our end and not by some other supplier. Thus you'll enjoy even superior control and there won't be any chance for someone to counterfeit your emails for harmful purposes.