Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, that is used to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an email message is sent from one address, but to appear as being sent from a different one, typically with the objective to scam the recipient in some way. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain, a unique record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers worldwide have it. The record contains all the mail servers that are permitted to send legitimate messages from an address within the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and in case the sending server is authorized, the message is forwarded to the target receiver. In case, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the given domain, the email message will not be forwarded and it will be removed. When you use this service, it will stop third parties from sending spam e-mails that seem to have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

You are able to enable the SPF protection option for your domains with only a few clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with all our shared hosting. This is performed via the section with the very same name and you're able to allow the protection for any domain name part of our revolutionary cloud hosting platform. Using a really simple interface, all you'll need to submit is the hostname of the mail server that will be authorized to send out messages from your e-mails and its IPv4 or IPv6 address. Of course, you are able to include several servers too, when needed. When your email addresses are managed on our end, you can also take advantage of a more risk-free option by setting a restriction that e-mails can be sent only when your domains have our MX records. This alternative cannot be used when your web site is hosted with us, and the email addresses are with some third-party provider. In either case, the SPF protection solution will definitely increase your online safety and stop other people from forging your e-mail addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection feature is provided with all semi-dedicated servers, so if you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to use this service without difficulty for all your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a quite easy to use interface, which means that you do not need to be proficient in the use of computers in order to secure your e-mails. You'll only need to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you would like to be certified to send out emails from your addresses and shortly after that the new record will be active for the domain name that you've selected. As an additional option, we also allow you to control the outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes further by allowing messages to be sent only if the domain in question features our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain name have to be handled on our end and not by another provider. In this way you'll have even better control and there won't be a chance for someone to fake your email addresses for malicious uses.