SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that aims at protecting against the so-called e-mail forging. Basically, this means sending a message from one e-mail and making it seem to be sent from another one with the objective to scam in some manner the individual receiving it. In case the SPF protection is activated for a domain, a record that contains all of the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses within the domain is created. The record is placed on all DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic worldwide, thus they all will recognize if an email message comes from a legitimate server or not. The check is done at the very first server where the email goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, whereas in the second it's removed and it never gets to the intended recipient. Applying SPF records for your domains will stop any unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for harmful objectives.

SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting

If you host your domain names in a cloud hosting account on our end and we manage the emails for them, you'll be able to enable SPF protection for them with a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The service can be found in its own section where you are able to see which domain names are already protected. For the ones that are not, you will be able to enable the SPF protection option and manage various things in the process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your email addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and even to create a rule that email messages can be sent only if your domains use our MX records. The aforementioned solution is the most secure one, and it can be used when we handle 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 one day and nobody will be able to forge the FROM field in an e-mail using your e-mail addresses.

SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you are able to secure your emails by enabling the SPF protection service for any domain name in the account with just a couple of mouse-clicks. This can be done in the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with the semi-dedicated accounts and even in case you have no previous practical experience with these matters, you won't have any troubles to activate the protection. Everything that you'll have to do is to find a domain from a drop-down list and after that type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. Once the updated record propagates, messages from your emails will be mailed globally only if they're sent from that specific server. If your e-mail addresses are handled by us and not by some third-party provider, you will also be able to use an option for emails to be mailed only when the domain name includes our MX records and the latter would be the most secure option. If you have any kind of questions about thisfeature, you'll be able to get in touch with our support team 24/7.