Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, which is used to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one address, but to look as being sent from a different, frequently with the purpose to fraud the recipient for some reason. If SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a special record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers globally receive it. The record features all the mail servers that are permitted to send legitimate messages from an email address part of the domain. When a message is sent, the first DNS server it encounters checks the SPF record and if the sending server is permitted, the message is sent to the target destination. If, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the given domain, the message will not be sent and it'll be discarded. When you use this solution, it'll stop third parties from sending spam that seem to have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

The SPF protection function is provided by default with each and every cloud website hosting package that we offer and you'll be able to use it with ease in order to protect the e-mails for each domain hosted as part of your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of our revolutionary, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the mail server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. As soon as the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out email messages from email addresses created under the domain name that you have picked. Your emails can be taken care of by some other company, but in case that we handle them together with your web site, you can activate an option for your messages to be sent only if the domain uses our MX records. This selection gives you improved protection as only our server will be authorized to send messages from your mailboxes and you will have better control. If you have any questions or if you experience any kind of problems with this particular service, you can contact our tech support team at any time and they will help you immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection feature comes with all semi-dedicated hosting plans, so if you host your domains in an account on our cloud website hosting platform, you're able to activate the service with ease for all of your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a really intuitive interface, so you won't have to be tech-savvy to secure your emails. You will simply have to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you'd like to be authorized to send emails from your addresses and shortly after that the updated record will be active for the domain name that you have selected. As an extra option, we will also allow you to limit your outgoing email messages and protect your mailboxes further by permitting messages to be sent only when the domain involved has our MX records i.e. the email messages for the domain should be managed on our end and not by a different company. In this way you'll have even superior control and there will not be any chance for any person to forge your emails for harmful intentions.