Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is used to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an email message can be sent from one email, but to appear as being sent from a different one, often with the purpose to scam the recipient in some way. If SPF protection is activated for a domain, a unique record is generated for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers worldwide receive it. The record includes all of the e-mail servers that are permitted to send authentic messages from an address within the domain. When a message is sent, the first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and when the sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the targeted destination. If, however, the sending server is not included in the SPF record for the given domain, the email message will not be sent and it'll be removed. When you employ this solution, it'll prevent third parties from sending spam e-mails that seem to have been sent from you.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
The SPF protection option is provided by default with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you'll be able to use it with ease so that you can protect the emails for each domain name hosted within your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of our state-of-the-art, and easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to enable the protection is to type in the IP of the email server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. When the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out e-mails from emails generated under the domain that you have selected. Your emails can be managed by another supplier, but if we manage them together with your site, you may also enable an option for your email messages to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This feature gives you better security as solely our server will be authorized to send email messages from your mailboxes and you'll have improved control. When you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any issues with this particular service, you will be able to contact our technical support crew at any time and they will assist you in a timely manner.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
The SPF protection feature comes with all semi-dedicated servers, so when you host your domains in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you're able to use this particular service easily for all of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a quite easy to work with interface, which means that you will not have to be proficient in the use of computers to protected your e-mails. You will simply need to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you would like to be authorized to send out e-mails from your addresses and right after that the updated record will be active for the domain name that you have chosen. As an extra option, we also allow you to restrict your outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes even further by allowing e-mail messages to be sent only if the domain in question contains our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain have to be handled on our end and not by another company. By doing so you'll have even better control and there will not be a chance for somebody to forge your emails for malicious uses.