SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a validation system that aims at stopping the so-called e-mail forging. In simple terms, this indicates sending some message from one e-mail address and making it seem to be sent from a different one with the objective to scam in some way the individual opening it. In case the SPF protection is running for a domain name, a record that contains all mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses part of the domain is made. The record is saved on all of the DNS servers that route the web traffic worldwide, therefore they all will recognize if 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 e-mail message is forwarded, but in the second one it is discarded and it never gets to the intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domains will stop any unwanted people from making use of your email addresses for malicious purposes.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

When you host your domain names in a shared hosting account on our end and we manage the e-mail addresses for them, you will be able to enable SPF protection for any of them with a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is accessible in a section of its own where you'll be able to view which domain names are currently secured. For those which aren't, you can activate the SPF protection service and configure various things in 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, as well as to set a rule that email messages can be sent only if your domains have our MX records. The aforementioned option is the most secure one, but it can be used when we take care of the email addresses for your domains and you're not using another email provider. The newly generated records will propagate within one day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an email with your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The SPF protection feature comes with all semi-dedicated hosting packages, so when you host your domains in an account on our cloud website hosting platform, you can activate this service with ease for all your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very intuitive interface, which means that you will not need to be proficient in the use of computers to secure your e-mails. You'll simply need to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you would like to be permitted to send emails from your addresses and shortly after that the updated record will be activated for the domain name that you have picked. As a further option, we will also allow you to control your outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes even further by permitting emails to be sent only if the domain name in question includes our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain have to be managed on our end and not by some other supplier. Thus you'll get even superior control and there won't be any chance for someone to fake your e-mails for malicious activities.