Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is employed to prevent the so-called email spoofing where an e-mail message is sent from one email, but to look as being sent from another, ordinarily with the idea to fraud the recipient for some reason. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a specific record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all of the DNS servers worldwide receive it. The record contains all of the mail servers that are permitted to send valid messages from an e-mail address under the domain. When an email is sent, the very first DNS server it encounters verifies the SPF record and in case its sending server is permitted, the message is sent to the target destination. If, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the given domain, the email message will not be sent and it'll be discarded. When you use this service, it'll stop third parties from sending spam messages which appear to have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

You'll be able to enable the SPF protection service for your domains with only a couple of clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included in all of our cloud website hosting plans. This carried out through the section bearing an identical name and you'll be able to enable the protection for any domain name part of our leading-edge cloud hosting platform. Using a very simple interface, all you will need to enter is the hostname of the mail server that will be authorized to send messages from your e-mail addresses and its IPv4 or IPv6 address. Of course, you are able to include several servers as well, when needed. In case your email addresses are handled by us, you can also use an even more secure option by setting a limit that e-mail messages can be sent only when your domain names feature our MX records. This alternative can't be used when your website is here, but your email addresses are with some third-party service provider. Either way, the SPF protection option can greatly improve your online security and prevent others from spoofing your e-mail addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection attribute is available with all the Linux semi-dedicated servers, so when you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you can use this particular service easily for all of your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a very easy to work with interface, therefore you do not need to be proficient in the use of computers in order to secure your email addresses. You will simply need to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you would like to be permitted to send e-mails from your addresses and right after that the updated record will be activated for the domain name that you've chosen. As a further option, we will also give you the ability to limit your outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes further by permitting email messages to be sent only if the domain name in question includes our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain need to be managed here and not by a different company. By doing this you'll enjoy even superior control and there won't be any chance for any person to counterfeit your email addresses for malicious activities.