A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that is associated with an Internet domain as a DNS record for one purpose or another. The most popular use of a TXT record is to add your web site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, which offers info about the web traffic to your web site. Creating this sort of a record functions as confirmation that you are the domain owner and they will provide the content that you should include as the value when you create the record. Another application of a TXT record is to verify that an e mail message is sent by the domain address owner and from a reliable server - this is the so-called SPF protection, that helps prevent any electronic address set up under your domain to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send out spam making it look like it was mailed from your own mailbox. You can include any other information which you want to be associated with your domain in a TXT record as well.

TXT Records in Web Hosting

Our custom Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to handle the DNS records of any domain address or subdomain accommodated within a web hosting account effortlessly, so if you want to create a new TXT record for any of them, it won't take you more than only a few seconds to do this. Using a rather user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll only have to pick one of your domain names or subdomains from a drop-down options menu, pick TXT for the type through a second menu, and enter the actual content in a box. This is done inside the DNS Records section of Hepsia and soon after you are all set, the new record is going to be live. If you would like to confirm your web site with Google, for instance, you'll just have to log in to your account with them several minutes later and ask them to check your domain name or subdomain. It doesn't take more time for a TXT record to go live if you require it for any other reason.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The custom-built Hepsia web hosting CP, included with our semi-dedicated servers, allows you to set up a new TXT record in no time and with no troubles. It's very user-friendly and includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains, so once you sign in and go there, you can select the required domain or subdomain from a drop-down list, select "TXT" as the type of the new record and type in the content that you'd like to be the actual text associated with the domain address. You'll find a comprehensive step-by-step guide in the Control Panel also and the new record will be working right after you create it, so if you want it for site confirmation, for example, you can just wait for a bit and then start off the verification process with the search engine in which you are adding your website. In case you have any questions about the TXT records, our skilled tech support team shall be available 24/7 to aid you.