SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, that is used to confirm if an email message is sent by a licensed server. Using SPF protection for a particular domain will prevent the counterfeiting of emails made with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this attribute for a domain name makes a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that contains the IP addresses of the servers that are allowed to send e-mail messages from mail boxes under the domain. Once this record propagates globally, it exists on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time some e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it goes through tests if it originates from an accredited server. If it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however if it does not originate from a server part of the SPF record for the domain, it is rejected. In this way nobody will mask an email address and make it look as if you're sending spam messages. This technique is also identified as email spoofing.
SPF Protection in Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for every domain hosted in a hosting account on our cloud platform with just a few clicks. The function is accessible in the Emails section of our cutting-edge Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to use it is to choose one of your domains from the drop-down menu and then enter the hostnames as well as the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers that will be authorized to send messages from your emails. As an added option you may also restrict the messages to be sent from your domain only if it includes our MX records, i.e. if our servers manage the e-mail addresses for it, not some third-party provider. This option will give you the highest degree of safety, but it's not applicable in case only your website is on our servers while the email addresses for the domain are taken care of in another place. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your emails safe from being used for spam and scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to take advantage of the SPF protection feature as a part of the regular collection of services that you will get using this type of web hosting. Enabling the protection will involve just a couple of easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so that even in the event that you have never employed this kind of function before, you won't have any issues. Using a really easy to work with interface, you'll only need to type in the information of the mail server which will be permitted to send out messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the recently created record propagates, nobody will be able to fake any e-mail address for that particular domain and send e-mails from a server other than the one you have typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, but if we manage your emails, you will be able to enable an extra level of security by picking an option that email messages can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support crew can assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions about this service.