SPF, which is an acronym for Sender Policy Framework, is an email protection system, that is used to verify whether an email message is sent by a licensed server. Employing SPF protection for a domain name will prevent the faking of emails created with the domain. In layman's terms: activating this function for a domain creates a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that contains the IP addresses of the servers which are allowed to send emails from mailboxes using the domain. The moment this record propagates globally, it will exist on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic. Whenever an e-mail message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses tests whether it originates from an authorized server. In the event it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, however if it doesn't originate from a server listed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it's discarded. In this way nobody will be able to mask an email address to make it appear as if you're sending spam. This method is also called email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Hosting

When you host your domain names in a shared hosting account with us and we manage the emails for them, you will be able to activate SPF protection for all of them with a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. This service can be found in its own section where you're able to see which domain names are currently protected. For those that aren't, you can activate the SPF protection solution and set up various things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your e-mails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of these servers, as well as to create a rule that emails can be sent only if your domains have our MX records. The last choice is the most secure one, but it can be used in the event that we manage the email addresses for your domain names and you are not using a different e-mail service provider. The new records will be activated within 1 day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an e-mail with your addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to secure your emails by enabling the SPF security service for every domain hosted in your account with only a few mouse-clicks. This is done through the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with the semi-dedicated accounts and even in case you have no previous experience with these kinds of issues, you will not have any difficulties to activate the security. The only things that you will have to do is to select a domain from a drop-down list then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. The moment the updated record propagates, messages from your emails will be mailed around the world only if they were sent from that specific server. In case your emails are taken care of by us and not by a third-party provider, you'll also be able to take advantage of an option for emails to be sent only when the domain has our MX records and the latter is the most secure option. In case you have any kind of questions about thisfeature, you will be able to get in touch with our tech support team 24/7.