SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is a validation system that is aimed at stopping the so-called email counterfeiting. In simple terms, this indicates sending some message from one e-mail and making it appear to be sent from another with the objective to scam in some way the person getting it. In the event that the SPF protection is activated for a domain name, a record that includes all of the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses in the domain is created. The record is kept on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic all over the world, so they all can recognize whether an email message comes from an authentic server or not. The verification is conducted at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the message is forwarded, but in the second one it is removed and it never reaches the intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domain names will stop all unwanted people from making use of your email addresses for malicious purposes.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
If you host your domains in a cloud hosting account on our end and we manage the email addresses for them, you will be able to enable SPF protection for any of them with several clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is accessible in a section of its own where you will be able to view which domain names are currently protected. For the ones that aren't, you'll be able to enable the SPF protection service and manage numerous things during the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are permitted to send messages from your mailboxes, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, as well as to create a rule that email messages can be sent only when your domain names have our MX records. The aforementioned solution is the most secure one, but it can be used when we take care of the emails for your domains and you're not using some other email supplier. The new records will be activated within a day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an e-mail with your email addresses.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
The SPF protection function is available with all semi-dedicated plans, so when you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you will be able to use this particular service without difficulty for any of your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a very intuitive interface, therefore you will not need to be tech-savvy in order to secure your e-mail addresses. You'll simply have to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you would like to be authorized to send out e-mails from your addresses and immediately after that the updated record will be active for the domain that you've picked. As an additional option, we will also allow you to restrict your outgoing e-mail messages and secure your mailboxes even further by allowing emails to be sent only if the domain in question has our MX records i.e. the e-mail messages for the domain name need to be taken care of here and not by another company. Thus you'll get even better control and there will not be any chance for any person to counterfeit your e-mail addresses for malicious intentions.