SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is is intended to verify whether an email message was sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a given domain name will prevent the faking of email addresses created with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this function for a domain name generates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP addresses of the servers that are permitted to send e-mails from mail boxes under the domain. When this record propagates globally, it will exist on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. When some e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies if it comes from an approved server. If it does, it is sent to the destination address, yet when it doesn't originate from a server part of the SPF record for the domain, it is rejected. In this way nobody will mask an email address to make it look as if you are sending spam messages. This technique is also referred to as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is provided as standard with every single website hosting plan that we supply and you're able to use it without any difficulty so that you can secure the e-mail addresses for any domain hosted in your account. The service is operated through the Emails section of the hi-tech, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type in the IP address of the email server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. As soon as the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out e-mail messages from emails generated under the domain that you have selected. Your e-mails may be handled by a different company, but in case that we take care of them along with your website, you can enable the option for your email messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This solution gives you better protection as only our server will be authorized to send out email messages from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any sort of difficulties with this service, you will be able to contact our tech support crew at any time and they'll assist you immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to benefit from the SPF protection feature as part of the regular set of services that you'll receive with this kind of hosting. Activating the protection requires only a couple of easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so that even when you have never employed such a feature before, you won't have any type of problems. Using a really easy to work with interface, you'll simply have to enter the info of the mail server which will be authorized to send out messages from your addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the recently made record propagates, no one will be able to fake any email for that particular domain name and send out email messages from a server other than the one you have typed in. This doesn't necessarily have to be our mail server, however when we handle your email messages, you'll be able to allow an extra level of protection by selecting an option that email messages can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support crew can help you 24/7 in case you have any kind of questions regarding this service.