A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, which holds info in human-readable form and not code. It can be set up for a domain name or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines, for instance, have different ways of confirming you're the owner of a given domain and one of them is by creating a TXT record with specific text that they provide and which you should use as the record value. The very same verification method is employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your web sites as well. Needless to say, in this situation 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 furthermore used if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your emails so that you can shield them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains info showing that a certain electronic message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any other information also, like your company details, for example.

TXT Records in Web Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP will enable you to manage the DNS records of every domain address or subdomain accommodated within a web hosting account without trouble, so if you would like to set up a new TXT record for any one of them, it won't take you more than a few seconds to do that. Via a really user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll simply have to select one of your Internet domain names or subdomains from a drop-down menu, pick TXT for the type through a second menu, and then input the actual content in a box. This is done within the DNS Records section of Hepsia and very soon after you are done, the new record will be working. If you would like to verify your web site with Google, for instance, you'll just need 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 longer for a TXT record to go live if you require it for any other purpose.