Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is employed to prevent the so-called e-mail spoofing where an email message can be sent from one e-mail address, but to seem as being sent from a different, typically with the purpose to scam the recipient for some reason. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a special record is made for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers worldwide have it. The record includes all email servers that are allowed to send authentic messages from an e-mail address part of the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it goes to verifies the SPF record and when its sending server is authorized, the message is sent to the targeted destination. In case, however, the sending server is not contained in the SPF record for the particular domain, the email message will not be sent and it will be removed. Whenever you use this service, it will stop third parties from sending spam which look as if they have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

If you host your domains in a shared hosting account with us and we manage the e-mails for them, you'll be able to activate SPF protection for them with several clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. The service can be found in a separate section where you'll be able to see which domain names are currently protected. For those that aren't, you'll be able to activate the SPF protection option and set up a number of things during this process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your email addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, and even to create a rule that messages can be sent only if your domain names have our MX records. The last mentioned choice is the most secure one, and it can be used in the event that we take care of the e-mail addresses for your domains and you are not using a different e-mail provider. The new records will be activated within a day and nobody will be able to forge the FROM field in a message with your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will be able to employ the SPF protection feature as part of the regular group of services that you will have using this kind of web hosting. Enabling the protection requires only a few easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel, therefore even in case you have never employed this kind of feature before, you won't have any kind of troubles. Through a really easy-to-navigate interface, you'll only have to type in the information of the mail server which will be authorized to send messages from your email addresses - its hostname (mail.server.com) and IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Once the newly created record propagates, no one will be able to fake any email for that particular domain name and send e-mails from a server different from the one you've entered. This doesn't specifically have to be our mail server, still if we take care of your email messages, you are able to enable an extra level of protection by selecting an option that e-mail messages can be send out from addresses @your-domain.com only if the domain uses our MX records. Our technical support staff can help you 24/7 in case you have any questions about this service.