A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that's associated with a domain name as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most popular use of a TXT record is to add your web site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, that offers info about the traffic to your web site. Setting up this kind of a record may serve as confirmation that you are the Internet domain owner and they'll provide the content that you need to include as the value when you create the record. Another purpose of a TXT record is to confirm that an e-mail message is sent by the domain address owner and from a reliable server - this is the so-called SPF security, that helps prevent any electronic address created under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send junk mail making it look like it was sent from your own mailbox. You could include any other info that you'd like to be associated with your domain in a TXT record as well.

TXT Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you have a cloud website hosting account and you need to set up a TXT record for any purpose for a domain or a subdomain hosted within it, you will be able to accomplish this with only a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel. The new record is going to be live right after that, so a search engine, for example, can pick it up to validate that you are the owner of a particular web site in a matter of minutes. You can create the TXT record in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records for your domain names. All you will have to do will be to pick the domain or subdomain and also the record type from drop-down menus, type the text content and save the change. If you are not sure how to proceed, you can also check our step-by-step guide, which you could discover in the Help section of your account, or you can get in touch with our technical support to aid you with the creation of the new record.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new TXT record could be set up without difficulty if you employ a semi-dedicated server plan from our company since the Hepsia CP, included with all the accounts, is extremely user-friendly and it'll enable you to set up any record with only a few clicks. All domain addresses and subdomains you have within the account are going to be listed in a drop-down menu, so you will simply have to choose the one that you need, pick the record type, that will be TXT in this case, and input or copy/paste the required text. It will not take more than one hour for your new record to be entirely functioning and to propagate globally. Even if you're not tech-savvy, you won't encounter issues to do that, but to be on the safe side, we also have an in depth guide where you can find all the steps. Our support department will also be able to assist you 24/7 with any questions you could have about the DNS records of your domain names.