SPF, which is an abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that is aimed at preventing the so-called e-mail counterfeiting. In simple terms, this indicates sending some message from one e-mail address and making it look like it’s sent from another with the objective to scam in some way the person getting it. If the SPF protection is active for a domain, a record which has all the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses under the domain is created. The record is placed on all DNS servers that route the web traffic across the globe, so that they all will identify whether an e-mail message comes from a legitimate server or not. The verification is performed at the first server where the email goes through and in the first case the email message is forwarded, while in the second one it's discarded and it never gets to the supposed recipient. Using SPF records for your domain names will prevent all unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for malicious objectives.
SPF Protection in Shared Hosting
If you host your domains in a shared hosting account on our end and we handle the e-mail addresses for them, you will be able to activate SPF protection for any of them with a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is available in a separate section where you can view which domains are currently secured. For those which aren't, you will be able to activate the SPF protection service and configure a variety of things at the same time - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your addresses, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and to set a rule that email messages can be sent only if your domains use our MX records. The last mentioned choice is the most secure one, and you can use it when we manage the emails for your domain names and you're not using some other email supplier. The newly created records will be activated within one day and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in a message with your e-mail addresses.
SPF Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you can secure your emails by activating the SPF protection service for every domain name hosted in your account with just a few clicks. You can do this in the Emails section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with the semi-dedicated accounts and even if you lack previous practical experience with these issues, you won't have any difficulties to activate the security. All that you will have to do is to select a domain from a drop-down list then type the mail server hostname and IPv4 or IPv6 address. Once the updated record propagates, messages from your e-mail addresses will be delivered globally only if they are sent from that specific server. When your e-mail addresses are handled by our company and not by a third-party provider, you will also be able to benefit from an option for e-mail messages to be sent only when the domain includes our MX records and the aforementioned would be the safest option. In case you have any kind of questions regarding thisfeature, you can get in touch with our support crew 24/7.