SPF, which abbreviates Sender Policy Framework, is an authentication system that is aimed at stopping the so-called e-mail counterfeiting. Essentially, it indicates sending a message from one e-mail address and making it seem to be sent from a different one with the purpose to scam in some way the person opening it. If the SPF protection is running for a domain, a record that contains all the mail servers authorized to email messages with addresses within the domain is created. The record is saved on all of the DNS servers that direct the web traffic all over the world, thus they all will identify whether an email message originates from an authentic server or not. The verification is performed at the very first server where the e-mail goes through and in the first case the e-mail message is forwarded, while in the second one it is removed and it never gets to the intended recipient. Using SPF records for your domains will prevent all unauthorized people from making use of your email addresses for malicious purposes.
SPF Protection in Shared Website Hosting
SPF protection can be activated for each domain name hosted in a shared website hosting account on our cloud platform with just a couple of mouse-clicks. The function is available in the Emails section of our innovative Hepsia Control Panel and all you need to enable it is to select one of your domains from the drop-down menu and type in the hostnames and the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the mail servers that will be approved to send email messages from your emails. As an added option you can even restrict the email messages to be sent from your domain only when it has our MX records, i.e. when our servers manage the email addresses for it, not a third-party supplier. This solution will give you the best standard of safety, but it's not applicable if only your website is on our servers while your e-mail addresses for the domain are managed elsewhere. Either way, our SPF protection service will keep your emails secure from being used for spam and/or scam purposes.