SPF, which is short for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, that is is intended to verify whether an email message is sent by an authorized server. Employing SPF protection for a domain name will prevent the faking of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this feature for a domain generates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) containing the IP of the servers that are allowed to send emails from mailboxes under the domain. When this record propagates globally, it exists on all DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Whenever some email message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses verifies if it comes from an authorized server. When it does, it is sent to the destination address, however when it does not originate from a server listed in the SPF record for the domain, it's discarded. Thus nobody will be able to mask an email address and make it appear as if you're distributing spam. This technique is also called email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

The SPF protection option is available by default with each shared hosting package that we offer and you will be able to use it with ease to secure the e-mail addresses for any domain hosted as part of your account. The service is controlled through the Emails section of the hi-tech, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to activate the protection is to type the IP address of the email server and 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 generated under the domain name that you have selected. Your email addresses may be taken care of by some other provider, but when we manage them together with your site, you can enable an option for emails to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This option provides you with better security as just our server will be authorized to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. When you have any kind of questions or if you have any issues with this service, you can contact our technical support crew anytime and they'll assist you in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are able to take advantage of the SPF protection feature as part of the regular set of services that you'll receive using this type of web hosting. Starting the protection will involve only a couple of easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even in the event that you've never used such a function before, you will not have any type of issues. Through a really easy-to-navigate interface, you will just have to input the details of the mail server that will be permitted to send messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the newly created record propagates, no one will be able to counterfeit any email for that particular domain name and send e-mails from a server other than the one you have entered. This does not necessarily have to be our mail server, still in case we handle your e-mails, you're able to enable one more level of security by picking an option that email messages can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in the event that the domain uses our MX records. Our tech support crew will be able to help you 24/7 in case you have any kind of questions related to this service.