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 widespread use of a TXT record is to add your site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, that offers info about the traffic to your site. Setting up such a record functions as confirmation that you are the Internet domain owner and they'll supply the content you need to include as the value when you set up the record. Another application of a TXT record is to confirm that an e mail message is sent by the Internet domain owner and from a reliable web server - this is the so-called SPF protection, that prevents any electronic address created under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send junk e-mail making it look like it was mailed from your own mailbox. You could include any other info that you'd like to be associated with your Internet domain in a TXT record as well.

TXT Records in Shared Hosting

All it takes to create a new TXT record on our end is simply a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you employ a shared hosting account from our company, you are able to create the record through a very user-friendly interface even if you have never done this before. After you log in to your Control Panel, you'll have to visit the DNS Records section where you can handle all records associated with your Internet domain names and subdomains, click on the New button and in the pop-up which will appear, simply pick the hostname and the type (TXT) from drop-down menus and enter the text you need for the record. We also have a comprehensive Help article, but if you are not sure what to do, our 24/7 technical support shall help you and set up the required record for you. The latter shall be operating within the hour, in case you are verifying your site, for example, you may ask the search engine to check your site again immediately after the record has been set up.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new TXT record could be set up without difficulty when you use a semi-dedicated server solution from our company as the Hepsia CP, provided with all accounts, is very user-friendly and it will enable you to create any record with just a few mouse clicks. All domain names and subdomains you have in the account are going to be listed in a drop-down menu, so you will only have to select the one that you need, select the record type, which will be TXT in this case, and input or copy/paste the needed text. It won't take more than one hour for your new record to be 100% working and to propagate world-wide. If you are not tech-savvy, you simply won't experience difficulties to do that, but to be on the safe side, we have a thorough guide in which you can find all the steps. Our technical support department will also be able to help you 24/7 with any questions you might have about the DNS records of your domain addresses.