SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail security system, that is employed to verify if an email message is sent by an official server. Employing SPF protection for a domain name will stop the counterfeiting of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this feature for a domain makes a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that contains the IP of the servers that are allowed to send emails from mail boxes under the domain. When this record propagates worldwide, it exists on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. When a new e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses verifies if it originates from an approved server. In the event it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however if it does not come from a server indexed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is rejected. Thus nobody will mask an email address to make it appear as if you're e-mailing spam. This technique is also called email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Web Hosting

If you host your domain names in a web hosting account with us and we manage the e-mails for them, you will be able to enable SPF protection for all of them with several clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is available in a section of its own where you're able to view which domains are currently secured. For the ones that aren't, you will be able to activate the SPF protection service and manage numerous things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your e-mail addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, as well as to set a rule that emails can be sent only when your domain names use our MX records. The last mentioned option is the most secure one, but you can use it when we take care of the emails for your domains and you're not using some other e-mail service provider. The new records will propagate within 24 hours and nobody will be able to forge the FROM field in an email by using your email addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to employ the SPF protection feature as a part of the regular set of services that you will get with this kind of web hosting. Starting the protection will involve only a few simple steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even in the event that you've never employed this type of function before, you won't have any type of troubles. Employing a very easy to work with interface, you will simply need to type in the info of the mail server that will be certified to send out messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the recently made record propagates, nobody will be able to forge any e-mail for that particular domain name and send out messages from a server different from the one you've entered. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, however in case we manage your emails, you'll be able to allow an additional level of protection by choosing an option that e-mails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in the event that the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support team will be able to help you 24/7 if you have any kind of questions related to this service.