SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a certification system that aims at protecting against the so-called e-mail faking. In simple terms, this means sending some message from one e-mail and making it look like it’s sent from another one with the objective to scam in some manner the person receiving it. In the event that the SPF protection is activated for a domain, a record that contains all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses part of the domain is made. The record is placed on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic worldwide, thus they all will recognize whether an e-mail message originates from a valid server or not. The verification is done 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 reaches the supposed recipient. Employing SPF records for your domains will stop any unwanted people from using your emails for harmful purposes.

SPF Protection in Shared Web Hosting

When you host your domain names in a shared web hosting account on our end and we manage the email addresses for them, you'll be able to enable SPF protection for any of them with several clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. This service can be found in its own section where you're able to view which domains are currently protected. For the ones which aren't, you'll be able to enable the SPF protection option and manage a lot of things during the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your email addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, and even to set a rule that emails can be sent only if your domain names use our MX records. The last mentioned choice is the most secure one, and you can use it if we manage the email addresses for your domain names and do not use another e-mail supplier. The newly created records will propagate within 1 day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in a message by using your email addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, that comes with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, provides you with an incredibly user-friendly interface to activate the SPF security service for each domain that you host in your new account. Several clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that then you'll only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server which will be allowed to send messages from your email addresses. If the e-mail messages are taken care of by us and not by another supplier, you are able to raise the security level even more and enable an option for all the outgoing e-mail messages to be sent only if your domains feature our MX records. This option will provide you with better control and it'll eliminate any possibility of somebody faking your e-mails with the purpose of spamming or scamming people. It is not applicable when only your web site is on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform, while your e-mails are managed by a different provider. If you aren't sure what features to pick, our technical support crew will help you 24/7.