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 popular use of a TXT record is to add your web site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, that provides information about the targeted traffic to your web site. Setting up this type of a record can serve as proof that you're the domain address owner and they'll supply the content that you need 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 reliable web server - this is the so-called SPF protection, which helps prevent any electronic address set up under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send spam making it appear like it was sent from your own mailbox. You can include any other information which you want to be associated with your domain name in a TXT record as well.
TXT Records in Cloud Hosting
When you have a cloud hosting account and you would like to set up a TXT record for any purpose for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within it, you'll be able to do it with just a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia CP. The new record is going to be functioning immediately after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to validate that you're the owner of a particular website in a matter of minutes. You can create the TXT record from the DNS Records section of your CP in which you shall also find all the other records for your domain addresses. All you will have to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain and also the record type via drop-down menus, type the text content and save the change. If you are not sure how to proceed, you should also check our step-by-step guide, which you could find in the Help section of your account, or you can also get in touch with our technical support to help you out with the creation of the new record.
TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The custom-built Hepsia website hosting CP, provided with all our Linux semi-dedicated packages, allows you to set up a new TXT record very quickly and without any troubles. It's very user-friendly and features a section committed to the DNS records of your domain names, so once you sign in and go there, you could choose the needed domain address or subdomain from a drop-down list, choose "TXT" as the type of the new record and input the content that you would like to be the actual text associated with the domain address. There is also an in depth step-by-step guide inside the CP also and the new record shall be operating immediately after you create it, so if you want it for Internet site confirmation, for instance, simply wait for a bit and then start off the verification procedure with the online search engine where you're adding your website. In case you have any questions regarding the TXT records, our seasoned tech support team shall be available 24/7 to aid you.