A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, which keeps data in human-readable form and not code. It may be set up for a domain address or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines, for instance, have different ways of making sure you are the owner of a given domain name and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and which you should use as the record value. Exactly the same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your web sites as well. Needless to say, in this case the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed when you activated the so-called SPF protection for your emails so that you can protect them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains data showing that a given digital message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any sort of other information also, just like your company details, for instance.

TXT Records in Website Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP will allow you to control the DNS records of any domain or subdomain accommodated in a website hosting account without trouble, so if you would like to set up a new TXT record for any of them, it will not take you more than just a few seconds to do that. Through a very user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll simply have to pick one of your domain names or subdomains from a drop-down options menu, pick out TXT for the type from a second menu, then type in the actual content in a box. This is done in the DNS Records section of Hepsia and very soon after you are all set, the new record is going to be active. If you'd like to confirm your site with Google, for example, you'll simply have to log in to your account with them several minutes later and ask them to check your domain or subdomain. It does not take longer for a TXT record to go live if you need it for any other purpose.