SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a certification system that aims at protecting against the so-called email counterfeiting. Basically, this means sending a message from one e-mail and making it appear to be sent from a different one with the purpose to scam in some way the individual getting it. When the SPF protection is active for a domain, a record that includes all mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses within the domain is created. The record is saved on all DNS servers that route the web traffic internationally, so they all can identify if an e-mail message comes from an authentic server or not. The verification is done at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, while in the second one it's removed and it never gets to the intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will stop all unauthorized people from using your email addresses for harmful objectives.

SPF Protection in Website Hosting

SPF protection can be enabled for every domain name hosted in a website hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with only a couple of mouse-clicks. The feature is accessible in the Emails section of our amazing Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to activate it is to pick one of your domain names from a drop-down list and then enter the hostnames as well as the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be permitted to send email messages from your email addresses. As an added option you can even restrict the messages to be sent from your domain only when it has our MX records, i.e. when our servers manage the emails for it, not a third-party provider. This solution gives you the top level of safety, but it is not applicable if only your website is on our servers while the emails for the domain name are managed in another place. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses risk-free from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, that comes as standard with all of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, offers you a really easy-to-use interface to enable the SPF security service for every domain that you host inside your new account. Just a few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia will be enough for that and you'll only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server which will be allowed to send out messages from your emails. When the e-mail messages are taken care of on our end and not by some other provider, you can raise the protection level even further and take advantage of an option for your outgoing e-mail messages to be sent only if your domains use our MX records. This option will provide you with more control and it will eliminate any possibility of somebody forging your e-mail addresses with the intention of spamming and scamming people. It's not applicable if only your website is hosted on our modern cloud web hosting platform, while your email addresses are handled by another provider. If you are not sure what options to choose, our technical support staff will help you 24/7.