Sender Policy Framework, or SPF, is a verification system, which is intended to stop the so-called email spoofing where an email message can be sent from one e-mail, but to seem as being sent from a different one, often with the objective to scam the recipient in some way. When SPF protection is enabled for a domain name, a unique record is generated for it in the Domain Name System and all DNS servers globally receive it. The record contains all of the mail servers that are permitted to send valid messages from an email address part of the domain. When a message is sent, the very first DNS server it goes to checks the SPF record and if its sending server is authorized, the message is sent to the targeted receiver. When, however, the sending server is not present in the SPF record for the particular domain, the message will not be sent and it'll be discarded. When you use this service, it'll stop third parties from sending spam e-mails which look as if they have been sent from you.

SPF Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host your domain names in a cloud website hosting account with us and we manage the e-mail addresses for them, you will be able to activate SPF protection for them with a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is available in a section of its own where you will be able to see which domains are currently protected. For those that are not, you will be able to activate the SPF protection solution and manage numerous things during this process - the hostnames of the mail servers that are allowed to send messages from your emails, the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the servers, and to create a rule that emails can be sent only when your domain names use our MX records. The last option is the most secure one, and you can use it when we take care of the e-mails for your domain names and do not use some other e-mail provider. The newly created records will propagate within 24 hours and nobody will be able to fake the FROM field in an email using your e-mail addresses.