Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, that is intended to stop the so-called email spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one email address, but to look as being sent from another, ordinarily with the idea to fraud the recipient someway. If SPF protection is enabled for a domain, a unique record is generated for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers around the world have it. The record contains all the e-mail servers that are allowed to send authentic messages from an email address within the domain. When a message is sent, the very first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and when the sending server is permitted, the message is sent to the target destination. In case, however, the sending server doesn't exist in the SPF record for the particular domain, the e-mail message will not be submitted and it will be discarded. When you use this solution, it will prevent third parties from sending spam messages that appear to have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

The SPF protection feature is available as standard with each and every web hosting plan that we offer and you will be able to use it without any difficulty to secure the email addresses for each domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is managed through the Emails section of the advanced, yet easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the email 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 e-mails from emails generated under the domain name that you have picked. Your e-mails may be taken care of by a different supplier, but if we take care of them in addition to your website, you may also activate the option for e-mails to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This selection provides you with superior protection as just our server will be authorized to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. When you have any kind of questions or in case you have any sort of issues with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our technical support crew anytime and they'll give you a hand right away.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, that comes as standard with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting service, offers you a very user-friendly interface to enable the SPF security service for each domain that you host in your new account. A few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia will be 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 e-mail addresses. In case the e-mail messages are managed on our end and not by another provider, you're able to boost the protection level even further and enable an option for all of the outgoing email messages to be sent only if your domains use our MX records. This option gives you better control and it will eliminate any possibility of anyone faking your e-mail addresses with the purpose of spamming and scamming people. It is not applicable in case only your website is hosted on our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform, while your e-mail addresses are handled by a different provider. If you aren't sure what options to pick, our technical support team will assist you 24/7.