A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that is associated with a domain address as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most typical use of a TXT record is to add your web site to an online search engine or to an analytics platform, that offers info about the web traffic to your website. Creating such a record can serve as confirmation that you're the domain owner and they will provide the content you should include as the value when you set up the record. Another application of a TXT record is to confirm that an email message is sent by the domain name owner and from a reliable server - this is the so-called SPF security, that prevents any electronic address set up under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send junk mail making it look like it was sent from your own mailbox. You can include any other info which you want to be associated with your domain name in a TXT record as well.

TXT Records in Shared Website Hosting

When you have a shared website hosting account and you need to set up a TXT record for any purpose for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within it, you will be able to accomplish this with a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP. The new record will be functioning shortly after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to verify that you're the owner of a particular website in just a few minutes. You can set up the TXT record from the DNS Records section of your Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records for your domains. All you will need to do shall be to choose the Internet domain or subdomain and the record type via drop-down menus, enter the text content and save the change. If you aren't sure what to do, you can even check out our step-by-step guide, which you can find in the Help section of your account, or you could also contact our tech support team to help you with the creation of the new record.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

A new TXT record could be created without any difficulty when you use a semi-dedicated server package from our company as the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes 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 that you have in the account are going to be listed in a drop-down menu, so you will simply have to select the one that you need, choose the record type, that will be TXT in this case, and type or copy/paste the required text. It won't take more than an hour for your new record to be completely active and to propagate worldwide. Even if you're not tech-savvy, you won't encounter issues 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 aid you 24/7 with any questions you may have about the DNS records of your domain addresses.