SPF, which is short for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail security system, which is designed to validate whether an email message is sent by a certified server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain name will stop the faking of emails created with the domain. In layman's terms: enabling this attribute for a domain name makes a specific record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP of the servers that are permitted to send e-mail messages from mailboxes under the domain. The moment this record propagates worldwide, it will exist on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Every time some email message is sent, the first DNS server it uses tests whether it originates from an accredited server. If it does, it is sent to the destination address, yet if it does not originate from a server listed in the SPF record for the domain, it's discarded. Thus nobody will mask an email address then make it look as if you're sending spam messages. This method is also identified as email spoofing.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
The SPF protection option is accessible as standard with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you're able to use it with ease so that you can secure the e-mail addresses for any domain name hosted in your account. The service is handled from the Emails section of the revolutionary, albeit intuitive Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type the IP of the e-mail server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for instance. As soon as the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send e-mails from e-mails made under the domain that you have selected. Your email addresses can be taken care of by another supplier, but if we take care of them along with your website, you can also enable the option for e-mails to be sent only when the domain has our MX records. This selection provides you with superior security as solely our server will be approved to send out e-mail messages from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or in case you experience any difficulties with this particular service, you can contact our tech support team anytime and they'll help you immediately.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are able to secure your emails by enabling the SPF protection service for every domain hosted in the account with only a few clicks. This is done from the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel that comes with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you have no previous experience with these issues, you will not have any kind of difficulties to activate the security. The only things that you'll have to do is to select a domain name from a drop-down list and after that type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the new record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be sent worldwide only if they were sent from that server. When your email addresses are handled by us and not by a third-party provider, you'll also be able to benefit from an option for emails to be sent only when the domain features our MX records and this would be the safest option. In case you have any kind of questions regarding thisfeature, you will be able to contact our support team 24/7.