SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is a validation system that aims at stopping the so-called email forging. Basically, it indicates sending some message from one email address and making it look like it’s sent from another with the idea to scam in some way the individual opening it. If the SPF protection is running for a domain name, a record which includes all the mail servers authorized to send messages with addresses under the domain is created. The record is placed on all the DNS servers that direct the Internet traffic internationally, therefore they all can recognize if an e-mail message originates from a valid server or not. The check is performed at the first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the message is forwarded, whereas in the second it's removed and it never gets to the supposed recipient. Using SPF records for your domains will stop any unauthorized people from using your emails for malicious objectives.
SPF Protection in Cloud Hosting
The SPF protection function is provided as standard with each cloud hosting package that we supply and you are able to use it without any difficulty to secure the e-mail addresses for any domain name hosted in your account. The service is managed from the Emails section of our outstanding, yet easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel. What is needed to enable the protection is to type the IP of the email server as well as its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is activated, only this server will be able to send out email messages from e-mails created under the domain that you have picked. Your email addresses can be taken care of by a different supplier, but when we manage them in addition to your website, you may also activate the option for your email messages to be sent only when the domain uses our MX records. This solution will provide you with superior security as exclusively our server will be approved to send out e-mails from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or in case you have any sort of problems with this service, you will be able to contact our tech support crew at any time and they will help you immediately.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The SPF protection function comes with all Linux semi-dedicated packages, so when you host your domain names in an account on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to use the service easily for all your domain names. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts, has a really easy to work with interface, therefore you do not have to be tech-savvy to protected your email addresses. You'll only have to type the hostname and the IP address of each mail server that you'd like to be allowed to send out e-mails from your addresses and shortly after that the new record will be active for the domain name that you've chosen. As a further option, we also give you the ability to restrict your outgoing e-mail messages and secure your mailboxes even better by permitting emails to be sent only if the domain name involved features our MX records i.e. the email messages for the domain need to be taken care of by us and not by a different provider. By doing so you'll get even better control and there won't be any chance for anyone to forge your email addresses for malicious intentions.