SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that aims at preventing the so-called email counterfeiting. In simple terms, this indicates sending a message from one email address and making it seem to be sent from another with the purpose to scam in some way the person getting it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain name, a record which has all the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses part of the domain is made. The record is kept on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic across the globe, so that they all can recognize if an e-mail message originates from a valid server or not. The verification is conducted at the very first server where the email goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, and in the second it is removed and it never gets to the intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domains will stop any unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for harmful objectives.
SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting
SPF protection can be activated for each domain hosted in a cloud website hosting account on our cloud platform with just a few clicks. The function can be found in the Emails section of our exceptional Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to enable it is to select one of your domains from the drop-down menu and then enter the hostnames and the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers that will be certified to send emails from your email addresses. As an added option you can also restrict the emails to be sent from your domain only when it includes our MX records, i.e. when our servers handle the emails for it, not some third-party supplier. This option gives you the highest degree of safety, but it's not applicable when only your site is on our servers while the emails for the domain are managed in a different place. In either case, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses protected from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to secure your email addresses by enabling the SPF security service for any domain in your account with only a couple of clicks. You can do this from the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous practical experience with such things, you won't have any troubles to activate the protection. Everything that you'll need to do is to select a domain from a drop-down menu and then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the updated record propagates, messages from your emails will be delivered worldwide only if they were sent from that particular server. If your e-mail addresses are taken care of by our company and not by a third-party provider, you'll also be able to activate an option for emails to be sent only when the domain name contains our MX records and the aforementioned is the safest option. If you have any questions regarding thisfeature, you'll be able to contact our tech support team 24/7.