SPF, which means Sender Policy Framework, is an email safety system, which is designed to confirm if an email message is sent by a licensed server. Employing SPF protection for a particular domain name will prevent the faking of emails generated with the domain. In simple words: enabling this attribute for a domain name makes a specific record in the Domain Name System (DNS) which contains the IP addresses of the servers which are permitted to send email messages from mailboxes under the domain. The moment this record propagates globally, it exists on all the DNS servers that route the Internet traffic. Any time some e-mail message is sent, the first DNS server it uses checks if it originates from an authorized server. When it does, it's sent to the destination address, however when it does not originate from a server listed in the SPF record for the particular domain, it's rejected. In this way nobody can mask an email address and make it appear as if you're sending spam messages. This technique is also called email spoofing.

SPF Protection in Shared Web Hosting

The SPF protection function is available as standard with each shared web hosting plan that we supply and you can use it with ease to secure the e-mail addresses for any domain name hosted in your account. The service is controlled through the Emails section of our state-of-the-art, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. All you need to enable the protection is to type the IP of the mail server in addition to its hostname - mail.server.com, for example. The moment the protection is active, only this server will be able to send emails from emails made under the domain that you have selected. Your email addresses can be taken care of by a different supplier, but if we take care of them in addition to your web site, you can activate the option for e-mail messages to be sent only when the domain features our MX records. This selection will provide you with improved protection as exclusively our server will be approved to send out emails from your mailboxes and you'll have better control. If you have any kind of questions or if you have any kind of issues with this service, you'll be able to contact our tech support crew anytime and they'll give you a hand without delay.