SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a verification system that aims at stopping the so-called e-mail faking. Essentially, this indicates sending a message from one e-mail and making it appear to be sent from another with the objective to scam in some way the person opening it. In the event that the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record that contains all mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses in the domain is generated. The record is placed on all the DNS servers that direct the web traffic around the world, so they all can identify whether an email message comes from a valid server or not. The check is conducted at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, whereas in the second one it is discarded and it never reaches the intended recipient. Using SPF records for your domain names will stop all unwanted people from making use of your emails for malicious objectives.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

When you host your domains in a shared hosting account with us and we handle the email addresses for them, you'll be able to activate SPF protection for them with a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is available in a separate section where you'll be able to view which domains are already protected. For the ones which aren't, you can enable the SPF protection option and set up a lot of things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your e-mails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, and even to create a rule that messages can be sent only if your domains use our MX records. The aforementioned solution is the most secure one, but you can use it when we handle the e-mail addresses for your domains and you're not using a different email provider. The newly created records will be activated within 24 hours and nobody will be able to forge the FROM field in an email using your e-mail addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to use the SPF protection feature as a part of the regular set of services that you'll get with this type of web hosting. Activating the protection will involve just a few easy steps in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even in case you have never used such a feature before, you will not have any type of troubles. Through a really intuitive interface, you will simply need to type in the information of the mail server that will be certified to send messages from your e-mail addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). As soon as the recently created record propagates, nobody will be able to counterfeit any e-mail for that particular domain name and send out messages from a server other than the one you've typed in. This does not specifically have to be our mail server, yet in case we handle your email messages, you can allow an extra level of security by choosing an option that emails can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only in case the domain employs our MX records. Our technical support staff can assist you 24/7 in case you have any questions related to this service.