SPF, which is short for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail security system, that is is intended to validate whether an email message was sent by an official server. Using SPF protection for a particular domain will stop the counterfeiting of emails created with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this feature for a domain name generates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers that are allowed to send e-mail messages from mailboxes under the domain. When this record propagates worldwide, it will exist on all DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Any time some email message is sent, the first DNS server it uses tests whether it originates from an authorized server. When it does, it is sent to the destination address, but when it does not come from a server part of the SPF record for the particular domain, it is rejected. In this way nobody will mask an email address and make it look as if you are e-mailing spam. This approach is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

The SPF protection feature is provided as standard with every single cloud web hosting package that we offer and you'll be able to use it without difficulty in order to secure the email addresses for any domain name hosted as part of your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of our revolutionary, and easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to enable the protection is to type in the IP of the e-mail 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 e-mail messages from emails generated under the domain name that you have picked. Your e-mail addresses can be taken care of by some other provider, but if we take care of them in addition to your site, you can activate the option for your messages to be sent only when the domain has our MX records. This solution will provide you with better protection as exclusively our server will be certified to send e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any questions or if you have any sort of problems with this service, you will be able to contact our technical support crew at any time and they will give you a hand immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you can take advantage of the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard collection of services that you'll get using this type of hosting. Activating the protection requires just several simple steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so that even in the event that you have never used such a feature before, you will not have any type of problems. Using a really time and effort saving interface, you'll simply need to insert the information of the mail server which will be permitted to send messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). The moment the recently created record propagates, nobody will be able to forge any e-mail address for that particular domain and send out e-mails from a server different from the one you've typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, but if we handle your e-mails, you can allow an additional level of protection by choosing an option that emails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support team will be able to help you 24/7 in case you have any kind of questions related to this service.