SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail protection system, which is designed to confirm if an email message was sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a given domain will stop the counterfeiting of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this attribute for a domain name creates a specific record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP of the servers that are allowed to send emails from mailboxes using the domain. The moment this record propagates worldwide, it exists on all the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Any time an e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies whether it originates from an authorized server. If it does, it's sent to the destination address, however when it doesn't come from a server part of the SPF record for the domain, it is discarded. Thus nobody will mask an email address then make it appear as if you are sending spam messages. This approach is also referred to as email spoofing.
SPF Protection in Website Hosting
The SPF protection function is accessible by default with every single website hosting package that we offer and you will be able to use it without any difficulty so that you can protect the e-mails for each domain hosted in your account. The service is operated from the Emails section of the innovative, albeit easy-to-navigate Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to enable the protection is to type the IP of the e-mail server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. As soon as the protection is active, only this server will be able to send emails from e-mails made under the domain that you have selected. Your email addresses can be taken care of by a different supplier, but in case that we take care of them together with your site, you may also enable an option for e-mail messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This feature gives you greater security as only our server will be permitted to send out e-mails from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or if you experience any kind of troubles with this service, you can contact our technical support team at any time and they will help you without delay.
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 use the SPF protection feature as part of the regular group of services that you'll get with this type of hosting. Starting the protection will require just several easy steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have never used this type of feature before, you won't have any troubles. Employing a very intuitive interface, you will only need to enter the information of the mail server that will be authorized to send out messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the recently made record propagates, nobody will be able to counterfeit any email for that particular domain and send out messages from a server different from the one you have entered. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, but when we manage your email messages, you can enable an additional level of protection by picking an option that e-mails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support staff will be able to help you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions related to this service.