Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a validation system, which is used to stop the so-called e-mail spoofing where an email message can be sent from one e-mail address, but to appear as being sent from a different, frequently with the idea to scam the recipient in some way. If SPF protection is activated for a domain, a special record is created for it in the Domain Name System and all the DNS servers globally get it. The record features all e-mail servers that are allowed to send valid messages from an address within the domain. When an email is sent, the first DNS server it encounters verifies the SPF record and in case its sending server is permitted, the message is sent to the target destination. When, however, the sending server is not included in the SPF record for the given domain, the email message won't be submitted and it'll be removed. When you use this service, it will prevent third parties from sending spam e-mails which look as if they have been sent by you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

When you host your domains in a cloud website hosting account with us and we manage the emails for them, you will be able to activate SPF protection for any of them with several clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is accessible in its own section where you can view which domain names are already protected. For those which aren't, you'll be able to enable the SPF protection option and configure numerous things during the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your email addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and even to set a rule that messages can be sent only when your domain names include our MX records. The aforementioned choice is the most secure one, and you can use it in the event that we manage the e-mails for your domain names and you're not using a different e-mail provider. The newly created records will propagate within a day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an e-mail with your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

The SPF protection function comes with all the semi-dedicated servers, so if you host your domains in an account on our cloud website hosting platform, you can use this particular service easily for any of your domains. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts, offers a quite intuitive interface, so you will not have to be tech-savvy in order to secure your e-mail addresses. You'll only have to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you'd like to be certified to send out emails from your addresses and immediately after that the new record will be active for the domain name that you have chosen. As an extra option, we also give you the ability to control the outgoing emails and secure your mailboxes even better by permitting emails to be sent only when the domain involved contains our MX records i.e. the emails for the domain should be managed on our end and not by a different supplier. By doing so you'll get even superior control and there will not be any chance for anyone to forge your email addresses for harmful purposes.