Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is employed to stop the so-called email spoofing where an email message is sent from one e-mail address, but to appear as being sent from another one, often with the objective to fraud the recipient in some way. When SPF protection is activated for a domain name, an exclusive record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers globally receive it. The record features all mail servers that are allowed to send valid messages from an e-mail address within the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it encounters verifies the SPF record and when its sending server is authorized, the message is forwarded to the targeted destination. In case, however, the sending server is not included in the SPF record for the specified domain, the message won't be submitted and it'll be removed. In case you use this service, it will prevent third parties from sending spam emails which look as if they have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

If you host your domain names in a web hosting account on our end and we manage the email addresses for them, you are able to enable SPF protection for all of them with several clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is available in its own section where you are able to view which domains are currently secured. For those that are not, you can activate the SPF protection option and configure a number of things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your e-mails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, as well as to set a rule that emails can be sent only if your domains have our MX records. The last choice is the most secure one, and you can use it in the event that we manage the e-mails for your domain names and you are not using some other email provider. The newly created records will be activated within a day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in a message by using your email addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, that comes with our semi-dedicated servers, will provide you with a very intuitive interface to activate the SPF security service for each domain name that you host inside your new account. Just a few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia will be enough for that then you will only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server that will be permitted to send out messages from your email addresses. When the e-mail messages are taken care of by us and not by a different supplier, you're able to increase the protection level even more and take advantage of an option for all the outgoing e-mails to be sent only if your domain names include our MX records. This option will provide you with better control and it'll eliminate any possibility of anybody counterfeiting your e-mails with the objective of spamming and / or scamming people. It is not applicable when just your site is hosted on our innovative cloud web hosting platform, while your email addresses are handled by some other provider. If you are not sure what features to choose, our technical support crew will assist you 24/7.