SPF, which is short for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail security system, which is designed to confirm whether an email message is sent by an official server. Employing SPF protection for a domain will stop the faking of email addresses generated with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this feature for a domain creates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which includes the IP of the servers that are allowed to send e-mails from mailboxes using the domain. As soon as this record propagates worldwide, it exists on all of the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Any time some email message is sent, the initial DNS server it goes through verifies if it comes from an official server. In the event it does, it is sent to the destination address, yet if it does not originate from a server indexed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it's discarded. In this way nobody will mask an email address then make it look as if you're sending spam. This method is also called email spoofing.
SPF Protection in Shared Hosting
The SPF protection option is provided as standard with each shared hosting package that we offer and you can use it without any difficulty to protect the e-mails for each domain hosted within your account. The service is managed through the Emails section of our cutting-edge, and easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to enable the protection is to type in the IP address of the e-mail server and its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. Once the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out e-mail messages from e-mails made under the domain name that you have picked. Your email addresses can be taken care of by some other company, but in case that we handle them along with your website, you can activate an option for your email messages to be sent only if the domain features our MX records. This option gives you greater security as just our server will be permitted to send e-mails from your mailboxes and you will have superior control. When you have any questions or in case you experience any sort of difficulties with this service, you'll be able to contact our tech support team anytime and they'll help you right away.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, that comes with all our semi-dedicated servers, offers you a very easy-to-use interface to enable the SPF protection service for each domain name that you host inside your new account. Just a few clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia are enough for that then you'll only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server which will be permitted to send messages from your e-mail addresses. In case the emails are managed on our end and not by another supplier, you are able to increase the security level even more and enable an option for your outgoing e-mails to be sent only if your domains include our MX records. This option will provide you with increased control and it'll eliminate any possibility of somebody counterfeiting your emails with the objective of spamming or scamming people. It is not applicable if just your web site is on our outstanding cloud website hosting platform, while your emails are handled by another service provider. If you are not sure what features to pick, our tech support staff will assist you 24/7.