SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that aims at stopping the so-called e-mail forging. Essentially, this indicates sending some message from one e-mail and making it appear to be sent from another with the purpose to scam in some manner the person receiving it. In the event that the SPF protection is activated for a domain, a record that includes all of the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses part of the domain is made. The record is placed on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic all over the world, so that they all can identify whether an e-mail message comes from a legitimate server or not. The check is performed at the first server where the email goes through and in the first case the message is forwarded, whereas in the second it's discarded and it never gets to the supposed recipient. Applying SPF records for your domain names will stop any unauthorized people from using your emails for malicious purposes.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

The SPF protection function is accessible by default with each and every shared hosting package that we supply and you're able to use it with ease in order to secure the emails for each domain hosted as part of your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of our state-of-the-art, and easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type in the IP of the mail server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. As soon as the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out e-mails from email addresses made under the domain that you have selected. Your emails can be managed by another company, but if we take care of them in addition to your site, you may also enable the option for your e-mail messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This option provides you with superior security as solely our server will be authorized to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you will have superior control. When you have any questions or if you have any sort of troubles with this particular service, you will be able to contact our tech support team at any time and they'll give you a hand in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to take advantage of the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard set of services that you will have using this type of hosting. Activating the protection requires only a few simple steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even when you've never used this type of feature before, you won't have any problems. Using an exceptionally user-friendly interface, you will simply need to input the information of the mail server that will be permitted to send out messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the newly generated record propagates, nobody will be able to forge any e-mail for that particular domain and send email messages from a server other than the one you've entered. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, however when we handle your emails, you will be able to activate an extra level of security by choosing an option that email messages can be send from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain employs our MX records. Our tech support crew can help you 24/7 if you have any questions regarding this service.