SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a validation system that aims at protecting against the so-called e-mail counterfeiting. Basically, it indicates sending some message from one email address and making it appear to be sent from another one with the objective to scam in some manner the person opening it. In case the SPF protection is active for a domain, a record which has all of the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses within the domain is generated. The record is kept on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic all over the world, so they all can recognize whether an e-mail message originates from a legitimate server or not. The check is done at the first server where the email goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, whereas in the second one it is removed and it never reaches the supposed recipient. Employing SPF records for your domain names will stop all unwanted people from using your email addresses for harmful purposes.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for each domain name hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud hosting platform with only a couple of clicks. The option is available in the Emails section of our revolutionary Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to use it is to pick one of your domain names from the drop-down list and type in the hostnames as well as the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers which will be certified to send email messages from your emails. As an additional option you can also restrict the emails to be sent from your domain name only when it has our MX records, i.e. if our servers manage the email addresses for it, not a third-party supplier. This feature will give you the highest level of safety, but it is not applicable when only your site is on our servers while the email addresses for the domain name are handled in a different place. In either case, our SPF protection service will keep your emails secure from being used for spam or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, that is included with all our semi-dedicated service, will provide you with an extremely easy-to-use interface to enable the SPF protection service for every domain name that you host within your new account. Several clicks in the Emails section of Hepsia will be enough for that then you will only have to enter the hostname and the IP address of the mail server that will be allowed to send messages from your e-mail addresses. In case the emails are managed by us and not by some other provider, you'll be able to increase the security level even further and enable an option for all of the outgoing emails to be sent only if your domains include our MX records. This option will give you more control and it'll eliminate any chance of anybody counterfeiting your emails with the objective of spamming or scamming people. It is not applicable if only your site is on our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform, while your e-mails are managed by some other provider. If you are not sure what options to pick, our tech support staff will help you 24/7.