SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, is an e-mail safety system, which is employed to validate if an e-mail message was sent by an authorized server. Using SPF protection for a particular domain name will stop the counterfeiting of email addresses created with the domain. In simple words: activating this feature for a domain name makes a particular record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that contains the IP of the servers that are permitted to send emails from mail boxes using the domain. When this record propagates globally, it exists on all DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Every time some email message is sent, the initial DNS server it uses tests whether it comes from an authorized server. When it does, it's forwarded to the destination address, yet if it does not originate from a server indexed in the SPF record for the domain, it's rejected. Thus nobody will mask an e-mail address to make it appear as if you are distributing spam messages. This approach is also identified as email spoofing.
SPF Protection in Web Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for each domain hosted in a web hosting account on our cloud platform with just a couple of clicks. The feature is available in the Emails section of our modern Hepsia Control Panel and what is needed to enable it is to choose one of your domain names from a drop-down list and to enter the hostnames as well as the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be permitted to send emails from your emails. As an added option you may also restrict the emails to be sent from your domain only if it includes our MX records, i.e. if our servers manage the email addresses for it, not some third-party supplier. This feature provides you with the highest standard of security, but it's not applicable in case only your website is on our servers while the e-mail addresses for the domain name are handled in a different place. Regardless, the SPF protection service will keep your emails protected from being used for spam or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which is included with all our semi-dedicated hosting packages, will provide you with a really easy-to-use interface to activate the SPF security service for each domain that you host inside your new account. A couple of 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 e-mail messages are taken care of by us and not by another supplier, you will be able to boost the protection level even further and take advantage of an option for your outgoing e-mails to be sent only if your domain names feature our MX records. This option gives you more control and it'll eliminate any chance of somebody counterfeiting your e-mail addresses with the objective of spamming and / or scamming people. It is not applicable if only your site is hosted on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform, while your emails are handled by another provider. If you are not sure what features to select, our tech support staff will assist you 24/7.