Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, which is intended to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an email message is sent from one email address, but to appear as being sent from another, typically with the purpose to scam the recipient for some reason. When SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a unique record is generated for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers globally get it. The record contains all the mail servers that are allowed to send authentic messages from an email address within the domain. When an e-mail is sent, the very first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and if its sending server is permitted, the message is sent to the target receiver. In case, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the particular domain, the email message won't be forwarded and it'll be removed. In case you employ this service, it will stop third parties from sending spam emails which look as if they have been sent by you.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for each domain hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with no more than a couple of clicks. The feature is accessible in the Emails section of our cutting-edge Hepsia Control Panel and all you need to use it is to pick one of your domains from a drop-down menu and to enter the hostnames together with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers that will be permitted to send messages from your email addresses. As an additional option you can also restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain name only when it has our MX records, i.e. if our servers manage the e-mail addresses for it, not some third-party supplier. This solution provides you with the top level of security, but it's not applicable when 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 email addresses safe from being used for spam or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to benefit from the SPF protection feature as part of the conventional set of services that you'll get with this type of website hosting. Activating the protection will require only a couple of easy steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, therefore even in case you have never used this kind of function before, you will not have any type of issues. Using an exceptionally easy to work with interface, you will only have to enter the details of the mail server that will be certified to send out messages from your addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the newly made record propagates, no one will be able to fake any email for that particular domain name and send e-mails from a server other than the one you've typed in. This doesn't necessarily have to be our mail server, still in case we manage your e-mails, you are able to activate one more level of security by choosing an option that e-mail messages 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.