SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that is aimed at preventing the so-called email forging. Essentially, this means sending some message from one e-mail address and making it look like it’s sent from another one with the objective to scam in some way the person receiving it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record which contains all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses in the domain is generated. The record is saved on all of the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic all over the world, so they all will identify if an e-mail message comes from a trustworthy 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, whereas in the second it is removed and it never gets to the intended recipient. Using SPF records for your domains will stop all unauthorized people from making use of your emails for harmful objectives.
SPF Protection in Cloud Web Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for each domain name hosted in a cloud web hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with no more than a couple of mouse-clicks. The option is available in the Emails section of our cutting-edge Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to use it is to choose one of your domains from the drop-down list and then type in the hostnames along with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be approved to send email messages from your email addresses. As an added option you may also restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain only when it includes our MX records, i.e. when our servers manage the email addresses for it, not some third-party provider. This solution will give you the best level of security, but it is not applicable in case only your web site is on our servers while the emails for the domain name are handled elsewhere. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your emails safe from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you can employ the SPF protection feature as a part of the standard group of services that you'll get using this type of website hosting. Starting the protection will involve only a couple of simple steps within the Hepsia Control Panel, thus even in case you have never used this kind of feature before, you will not have any kind of troubles. Employing a very easy-to-navigate interface, you will simply have to input the information of the mail server which will be permitted to send messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the recently made record propagates, nobody will be able to fake any e-mail for that particular domain name and send out e-mail messages from a server other than the one you have typed in. This doesn't necessarily have to be our mail server, but when we take care of your emails, you'll be able to allow an extra level of protection by selecting an option that emails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain employs our MX records. Our tech support crew can help you 24/7 if you have any questions related to this service.