SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that aims at blocking the so-called e-mail counterfeiting. Essentially, this means sending some message from one e-mail and making it look like it’s sent from another one with the purpose to scam in some way the individual getting it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record which includes all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses in the domain is made. The record is saved on all the DNS servers that route the web traffic all over the world, thus they all will identify if an e-mail message comes from an authentic server or not. The check is performed at the first server where the email goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, whereas in the second one it is removed and it never reaches its intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domain names will prevent all unwanted people from making use of your emails for malicious objectives.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

If you host your domains in a web hosting account with us and we handle the emails for them, you'll be able to enable SPF protection for all of them with a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is accessible in a separate section where you're able to view which domain names are already secured. For those that are not, you will be able to enable the SPF protection service and manage a lot of things during this process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your e-mails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, and even to set a rule that emails can be sent only if your domain names have our MX records. The last mentioned solution is the most secure one, and you can use it when we take care of the e-mail addresses for your domain names and you are not using a different e-mail provider. The newly generated records will propagate within 1 day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an e-mail by using your e-mail addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll be able to benefit from the SPF protection feature as part of the conventional set of services that you will get using this type of website hosting. Activating the protection involves just a few easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you haven't used such a feature before, you will not have any problems. Employing a very time and effort saving interface, you will only have to enter the details of the mail server that will be authorized to send messages from your email 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 for that particular domain name and send e-mails from a server different from the one you've typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, yet if we take care of your e-mails, you will be able to allow one more level of protection by choosing an option that emails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support team will be able to assist you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions related to this service.