SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that aims at preventing the so-called email counterfeiting. Basically, this indicates sending some message from one email address and making it appear to be sent from another with the idea to scam in some way the person getting it. When the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record which contains all mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses within the domain is created. The record is placed on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic worldwide, thus they all will identify whether an e-mail message comes from a legitimate 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 is removed and it never reaches the intended recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop any unwanted people from making use of your email addresses for harmful purposes.
SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting
The SPF protection option is available as standard with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer and you will be able to use it without any difficulty to protect the e-mail addresses for each domain hosted as part of your account. The service is managed from the Emails section of our cutting-edge, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to activate the protection is to type in the IP of the email server plus its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. As soon as the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out email messages from emails generated under the domain name that you've selected. Your email addresses can be managed by another supplier, but when we manage them along with your website, you can enable an option for your messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This feature provides you with improved protection as just our server will be approved to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or if you have any kind of troubles with this particular service, you can contact our technical support team at any time and they'll help you immediately.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to protect your emails by activating the SPF protection service for any domain in your account with just a couple of mouse-clicks. You can do this in the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous experience with these kinds of matters, you won't have any trouble to activate the protection. The only things that you'll have to do is to find a domain from a drop-down menu and then type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. Once the new record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be mailed around the world only if they were sent from that specific server. When your emails are handled by our company and not by some third-party supplier, you will also be able to use an option for emails to be mailed only if the domain name contains our MX records and the aforementioned is the most secure option. In case you have any kind of questions related to thisfeature, you can contact our support team 24/7.