SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a certification system that is aimed at stopping the so-called e-mail faking. Basically, this means sending some message from one e-mail and making it seem to be sent from a different one with the objective to scam in some manner the individual receiving it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain, a record that contains all of the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses within the domain is generated. The record is kept on all of the DNS servers that route the web traffic around the world, so that they all will recognize if an email message comes from an authentic server or not. The verification is done at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, but in the second it is removed and it never gets to the intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will prevent any unwanted people from making use of your emails for malicious objectives.
SPF Protection in Web Hosting
The SPF protection function is accessible as standard with each and every web hosting plan that we supply and you can use it without any difficulty so that you can protect the e-mails for any domain name hosted within your account. The service is managed from the Emails section of our hi-tech, yet intuitive Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to enable the protection is to type the IP of the email server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is active, only this server will be able to send out email messages from e-mails created under the domain that you've selected. Your emails may be managed by some other supplier, but when we handle them along with your website, you can also enable an option for your e-mail messages to be sent only if the domain has our MX records. This selection provides you with better protection as just our server will be authorized to send out messages from your mailboxes and you'll have improved control. When you have any questions or in case you experience any sort of issues with this particular service, you'll be able to contact our technical support team at any time and they will help you right away.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to secure your emails by activating the SPF security service for any domain name hosted in your account with only a couple of mouse-clicks. This is done in the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with the semi-dedicated accounts and even when you have no previous experience with these kinds of matters, you will not have any kind of problems to enable the protection. The only things that you will need to do will be to find a domain from a drop-down list and then type in the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. As soon as the updated record propagates, messages from your emails will be mailed globally only if they're sent from that specific server. When your email addresses are managed by our company and not by a third-party provider, you can also take advantage of an option for email messages to be mailed only if the domain name contains our MX records and the latter would be the most secure option. If you have any kind of questions regarding thisfunction, you'll be able to get in touch with our support team 24/7.