A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that's associated with a domain as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most common use of a TXT record is to add your site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, which provides details about the traffic to your website. Setting up this type of a record may serve as proof that you are the domain name owner and they'll provide the content that you ought to include as the value when you set up the record. Another application of a TXT record is to validate that an e-mail message is sent by the Internet domain owner and from a trusted server - this is the so-called SPF protection, which prevents any electronic address set up under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send junk e-mail making it appear like it was sent from your own mailbox. You could add any other info that you'd like to be associated with your Internet domain in a TXT record as well.

TXT Records in Web Hosting

When you have a web hosting account and you need to set up a TXT record for any purpose for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside it, you'll be able to accomplish this with only a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel. The new record will be working shortly after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to verify that you are the owner of a given website in just a few minutes. You can create the TXT record through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel where you will also find all other records for your domains. All you will need to do shall be to select the domain or subdomain and the record type through drop-down menus, type the text content and save the change. If you're not sure how to proceed, you can also check our step-by-step guide, which you could find in the Help section of your account, or you can also contact our tech support to aid you with the creation of the new record.