Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, that is employed to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an e-mail message can be sent from one e-mail, but to look as being sent from a different one, typically with the purpose to fraud the recipient in some way. If SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a specific record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers around the world have it. The record features all of the e-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 goes to checks the SPF record and in case its sending server is permitted, the message is forwarded to the targeted receiver. When, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the given domain, the email message won't be submitted and it will be removed. Whenever you use this solution, it will prevent third parties from sending spam which look as if they have been sent by you.
SPF Protection in Website Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for any domain name hosted in a website hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with no more than a few clicks. The function is available in the Emails section of our exceptional Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to activate it is to select one of your domain names from a drop-down menu and to enter the hostnames as well as the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers which will be permitted to send messages from your email addresses. As an added option you can even restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain name only when it includes our MX records, in other words when our servers handle the email addresses for it, not a third-party supplier. This option offers you the best degree of security, but it is not applicable if only your website is on our servers while the e-mail addresses for the domain are managed in a different place. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your emails safe from being used for spam and scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which is included with all of our semi-dedicated plans, offers you a very easy-to-use interface to enable the SPF protection service for any domain name that you host within your new account. A few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that and you will only have to type in the hostname and the IP address of the mail server which will be permitted to send out messages from your email addresses. When the emails are taken care of by us and not by another supplier, you will be able to raise the security level even more and activate an option for the outgoing e-mails to be sent only if your domain names include our MX records. This option provides you with more control and it'll eliminate any possibility of anyone counterfeiting your e-mail addresses with the objective of spamming or scamming people. It's not applicable in case only your web site is hosted on our hi-tech cloud web hosting platform, while your emails are managed by some other service provider. If you aren't sure what features to select, our technical support staff will help you 24/7.