A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, which contains information in human-readable form and not code. It may be created for a domain or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines, for instance, have different ways of confirming you're the owner of a given domain name and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with specific text which they provide and which you must use as the record value. The very same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your web sites as well. Of course, in this situation the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is furthermore used if you enable the so-called SPF protection for your emails in order to protect them from being forged. In this case, the record contains information showing that a given digital message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any kind of other information as well, just like your business details, as an example.

TXT Records in Hosting

All it takes to set up a new TXT record on our end is simply a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, so if you employ a hosting account from our company, you are able to create the record via a very user-friendly interface even though you may have never done such a thing before. After you sign in to your CP, you'll need to head to the DNS Records section where you can handle all the records relevant to your domain names and subdomains, click the New button and in the pop-up which will show up, simply pick the hostname and the type (TXT) from drop-down menus and enter the text you require for the record. We also have a detailed Help article, but if you aren't sure what to do, our 24/7 tech support team can assist you and create the necessary record for you. The latter is going to be active within the hour, so if you're verifying your web site, for example, you can ask the search engine to check your site again soon after the record has been set up.