SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email security system, which is employed to confirm whether an email message is sent by an authorized server. Using SPF protection for a domain name will stop the forging of emails generated with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this function for a domain generates a special record in the Domain Name System (DNS) containing the IP of the servers that are allowed to send email messages from mailboxes under the domain. The moment this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Whenever an e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it uses tests if it originates from an authorized server. If it does, it is forwarded to the destination address, but if it does not come from a server listed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it is discarded. Thus nobody can mask an e-mail address and make it look as if you're distributing spam messages. This approach is also referred to as email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

The SPF protection feature is provided as standard with each shared hosting package that we offer and you are able to use it without any difficulty to protect the email addresses for any domain hosted in your account. The service is operated from the Emails section of the state-of-the-art, and easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the email server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out email messages from email addresses generated under the domain name that you've selected. Your emails can be managed by another supplier, but when we take care of them in addition to your website, you can also enable the option for emails to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This feature gives you improved protection as solely our server will be permitted to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you will have improved control. If you have any questions or if you experience any kind of troubles with this service, you can contact our technical support crew at any time and they'll help you immediately.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The SPF protection function is provided with all of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting, so if you host your domain names in an account on our cloud web hosting platform, you'll be able to activate this particular service with ease for all of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a rather intuitive interface, which means that you won't need to be proficient in the use of computers to protected your emails. You will only have to type the hostname and the IP of each mail server that you would like to be allowed to send emails from your addresses and right after that the new record will be activated for the domain name that you've picked. As an additional option, we'll also give you the ability to control your outgoing emails and protect your mailboxes even better by permitting messages to be sent only when the domain name in question includes our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain name need to be managed on our end and not by some other company. In this way you'll enjoy even superior control and there will not be a chance for anyone to fake your e-mails for malicious activities.