SPF, which is short for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, which is is intended to validate whether an email message is sent by a certified server. Using SPF protection for a domain will stop the forging of emails made with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this function for a domain name creates a specific record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP of the servers that are permitted to send emails from mailboxes using the domain. When this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. When some e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it uses checks if it comes from an approved server. When it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however when it does not come from a server part of the SPF record for the particular domain, it is rejected. In this way nobody can mask an email address and make it look as if you are sending spam. This technique is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is available as standard with each shared website hosting package that we offer and you'll be able to use it with ease so as to protect the emails for each domain hosted within your account. The service is controlled from the Emails section of our hi-tech, and easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to activate the protection is to type in the IP of the e-mail server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. When the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out email messages from email addresses generated under the domain that you've picked. Your email addresses can be taken care of by some other company, but in case that we handle them together with your website, you may also activate the option for e-mails to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This feature provides you with superior protection as only our server will be approved to send out email messages from your mailboxes and you will have better control. When you have any questions or in case you have any difficulties with this particular service, you can contact our technical support crew anytime and they will assist you in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can protect your email addresses by activating the SPF security service for every domain name in your account with just a couple of mouse-clicks. This is done through the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you lack previous experience with these kinds of things, you won't have any kind of problems to enable the security. All that you'll need to do is to find a domain from a drop-down menu and then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. When the updated record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be delivered around the world only if they're sent from that particular server. In case your e-mail addresses are taken care of by us and not by a third-party supplier, you'll also be able to use an option for email messages to be sent only if the domain name includes our MX records and the latter would be the safest option. In case you have any questions about thisfeature, you can get in touch with our support team 24/7.