SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail safety system, which is is intended to verify whether an e-mail message is sent by a certified server. Using SPF protection for a particular domain will prevent the forging of emails made with the domain. In simple words: activating this function for a domain name creates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP addresses of the servers which are permitted to send email messages from mailboxes under the domain. Once this record propagates worldwide, it will exist on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time a new email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies if it originates from an accredited server. In the event it does, it is sent to the destination address, yet when it does not come from a server indexed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is rejected. In this way nobody can mask an e-mail address to make it look as if you're e-mailing spam. This approach is also termed email spoofing.
SPF Protection in Shared Hosting
The SPF protection option is provided as standard with every single shared hosting package that we offer and you're able to use it without any difficulty to secure the e-mails for each domain hosted within your account. The service is operated from the Emails section of our revolutionary, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP of the mail server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is active, only this server will be able to send messages from emails created under the domain name that you've selected. Your e-mail addresses can be managed by a different provider, but if we handle them along with your site, you can enable the option for your e-mail messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This feature will provide you with even better protection as exclusively our server will be permitted to send emails from your mailboxes and you will have better control. When you have any questions or if you have any problems with this particular service, you will be able to contact our technical support crew anytime and they'll give you a hand in a timely manner.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to protect your emails by enabling the SPF protection service for every domain hosted in your account with only a couple of clicks. This is done through the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you lack previous experience with these kinds of issues, you will not have any kind of problems to enable the security. The only things that you'll have to do will be to pick a domain from a drop-down list and then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. When the new record propagates, messages from your emails will be mailed around the world only if they were sent from that server. In case your emails are managed by our company and not by a third-party supplier, you will also be able to activate an option for email messages to be sent only when the domain name contains our MX records and the aforementioned is the safest option. If you have any kind of questions related to thisfunction, you will be able to contact our tech support crew 24/7.