A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, which is associated with a domain address as a DNS record for one purpose or another. The most typical use of a TXT record is to add your web site to a search engine or to an analytics platform, that offers details about the web traffic to your Internet site. Creating such a record serves as verification that you are the domain owner and they will supply the content you should include as the value when you create the record. Another use of a TXT record is to validate that an email message is sent by the domain address owner and from a trusted server - this is the so-called SPF security, that helps prevent any electronic address created under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send out junk mail making it appear like it was mailed from your own mailbox. You could include any other info that you'd like to be associated with your domain address in a TXT record as well.
TXT Records in Cloud Website Hosting
When you have a cloud website hosting account and you would like to set up a TXT record for any reason for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within it, you'll be able to accomplish this with a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP. The new record is going to be active right after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to validate that you're the owner of a particular Internet site in just a few minutes. You can create the TXT record in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel where you will also find all the other records for your domain addresses. All you will have to do shall be to pick the Internet domain or subdomain and the record type from drop-down menus, enter the text content and save the change. If you aren't sure how to proceed, you can even check out our step-by-step guide, which you will find in the Help section of your account, or you can also get in touch with our tech support to aid you with the creation of the new record.
TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The custom-built Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which comes with all of our Linux semi-dedicated packages, will enable you to set up a new TXT record in no time and without any troubles. It is very user-friendly and features a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names, so as soon as you sign in and go there, you can select the needed domain address or subdomain from a drop-down list, pick "TXT" as the type of your new record and type in the content that you would like to be the actual text associated with the domain name. You can find a detailed step-by-step guide inside the CP as well and the new record is going to be operating immediately after you create it, so if you require it for website confirmation, for example, just wait for a bit and then start the verification procedure with the Internet search engine where you are adding your website. Should you have questions concerning the TXT records, our knowledgeable technical support team shall be available 24/7 to aid you.