A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that is 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 a search engine or to an analytics platform, which provides info about the web traffic to your site. Creating this type of a record may serve as proof that you are the domain owner and they'll supply the content you need to include as the value when you set up the record. Another purpose of a TXT record is to verify that an email message is sent by the domain name owner and from a reliable web server - this is the so-called SPF protection, that helps prevent any electronic address created under your domain to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send spam making it look like it was sent from your own mailbox. You could include any other info you want to be associated with your domain address in a TXT record as well.
TXT Records in Website Hosting
If you want a TXT record for any purpose for an Internet domain or a subdomain hosted in a website hosting account on our state-of-the-art cloud platform, you are going to be able to create one with ease even though you may not have previous experience with such matters. As our Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive, you'll employ a point & click user interface and you can create the new record in a couple of seconds. This is accomplished using the DNS Records section of Hepsia in which you can handle all records for your Internet domain names and setting up a new TXT record involves choosing an Internet domain or a subdomain and "TXT" from drop-down menus and inputting the actual text inside a box - it is as simple as that. It takes merely a few minutes for the new record to become active and to propagate, so in the event you need it to verify a website with some search engine, for example, you can ask them to check your website after you've set up the record and you should be all set.
TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The custom-built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with all our semi-dedicated service, will permit you to set up a new TXT record right away and without any issues. It is very user-friendly and comes with a section devoted to the DNS records of your Internet domain names, so when you sign in and navigate to there, you can select the needed domain address or subdomain from a drop-down list, pick "TXT" as the type of the new record and type in the content which you want to be the actual text associated with the Internet domain. You will find a detailed step-by-step guide in the CP as well and the new record shall be working right after you create it, so if you want it for web site confirmation, for example, just wait for a bit and then commence the verification process with the online search engine where you are adding your website. In case you have any questions regarding the TXT records, our professional tech support team shall be available 24/7 to help you.