SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that aims at protecting against the so-called e-mail forging. In simple terms, this means sending a message from one e-mail and making it appear to be sent from another one with the objective to scam in some way the person getting it. If the SPF protection is running for a domain name, a record which includes all mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses in the domain is made. The record is kept on all of the DNS servers that route the web traffic internationally, so they all can identify if an e-mail message originates from a legitimate server or not. The check is conducted at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the message is forwarded, but in the second it is removed and it never reaches its intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will prevent any unauthorized people from making use of your emails for malicious purposes.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
SPF protection can be enabled for each domain hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud platform with only a few clicks. The feature is accessible in the Emails section of our advanced Hepsia Control Panel and all it takes to activate it is to choose one of your domains from a drop-down menu and to type in the hostnames and the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the email servers which will be authorized to send email messages from your emails. As an added option you can also restrict the e-mails to be sent from your domain only if it has our MX records, i.e. when our servers manage the email addresses for it, not some third-party provider. This feature will give you the best level of security, but it is not applicable when only your site is on our servers while your emails for the domain are taken care of somewhere else. Either way, the SPF protection service will keep your email addresses risk-free from being used for spam or scam purposes.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to secure your email addresses by activating the SPF protection service for any domain in your account with just a couple of clicks. You can do this in the Emails section of our Hepsia Control Panel that comes with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you lack previous practical experience with these kinds of issues, you will not have any kind of problems to enable the protection. All that you'll need to do will be to select a domain from a drop-down menu then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. As soon as the updated record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be sent worldwide only if they were sent from that specific server. If your e-mail addresses are handled by us and not by some third-party supplier, you can also activate an option for emails to be mailed only when the domain name includes our MX records and the aforementioned would be the safest option. Should you have any questions related to thisfunction, you'll be able to get in touch with our tech support team 24/7.