SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that is aimed at protecting against the so-called email faking. Basically, this indicates sending some message from one e-mail and making it seem to be sent from another one with the purpose to scam in some way the individual opening it. When the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record which contains all mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses part of the domain is generated. The record is stored on all of the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic worldwide, therefore they all can recognize whether an e-mail message originates from a legitimate server or not. The verification is performed at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, but in the second one it's removed and it never reaches its intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will stop any unwanted people from making use of your email addresses for malicious purposes.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

SPF protection can be activated for any domain name hosted in a shared hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with only a couple of clicks. The function is accessible in the Emails section of our exceptional Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to enable it is to choose one of your domain names from the drop-down list and to type in the hostnames along with the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be authorized to send email messages from your email addresses. As an additional option you can also restrict the email messages to be sent from your domain name only if it has our MX records, i.e. if our servers handle the emails for it, not a third-party supplier. This option gives you the top standard of security, but it is not applicable if only your site is on our servers while the emails for the domain name are managed in a different place. In either case, the SPF protection service will keep your emails risk-free from being used for spam and scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with all of our semi-dedicated hosting, will provide you with a very intuitive interface to enable the SPF security service for each domain name that you host in your new account. A few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that then you'll only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server which will be allowed to send out messages from your e-mail addresses. If the e-mails are taken care of on our end and not by a different supplier, you're able to boost the security level even further and take advantage of an option for the outgoing e-mails to be sent only if your domain names feature our MX records. This option will give you more control and it will eliminate any possibility of someone counterfeiting your emails with the intention of spamming and / or scamming people. It's not applicable in case just your site is hosted on our advanced cloud web hosting platform, while your e-mail addresses are managed by another provider. If you are not sure what options to pick, our technical support staff will help you 24/7.