SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email security system, that is used to confirm if an email message was sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain will stop the faking of email addresses made with the domain. In simple words: activating this attribute for a domain generates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP of the servers which are allowed to send email messages from mailboxes using the domain. Once this record propagates worldwide, it will exist on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Whenever an email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through checks if it originates from an authorized server. If it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however if it doesn't originate from a server indexed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is discarded. In this way nobody can mask an e-mail address then make it appear as if you are e-mailing spam messages. This approach is also identified as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

The SPF protection option is provided as standard with each cloud website hosting plan that we offer and you can use it without difficulty in order to protect the email addresses for each domain name hosted in your account. The service is controlled through the Emails section of the hi-tech, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All it takes to enable the protection is to type the IP address of the e-mail server and its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out emails from emails created under the domain name that you have selected. Your emails can be taken care of by another company, but if we manage them together with your site, you can also enable an option for email messages to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This option will provide you with even better security as just our server will be authorized to send email messages from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any questions or if you have any sort of issues with this particular service, you can contact our tech support team anytime and they will give you a hand in a timely manner.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The SPF protection function is featured with all of the Linux semi-dedicated services, so in case you host your domains in an account on our cloud web hosting platform, you can use this particular service effortlessly for all your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very user-friendly interface, which means that you do not need to be proficient in the use of computers to secure your emails. You'll simply need to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you'd like to be certified to send out e-mails from your addresses and shortly after that the new record will be activated for the domain that you have picked. As an additional option, we'll also allow you to restrict the outgoing e-mail messages and protect your mailboxes even further by allowing emails to be sent only when the domain involved features our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain name need to be taken care of here and not by a different supplier. By doing so you will enjoy even better control and there will not be any chance for any person to fake your e-mails for malicious activities.