A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that's associated with an Internet domain as a DNS record for one purpose or another. The most widespread use of a TXT record is to add your website to a search engine or to an analytics platform, that provides info about the targeted traffic to your site. Creating this kind of a record can serve as verification that you are the domain name owner and they will supply the content you should include as the value when you create the record. Another purpose of a TXT record is to verify that an e-mail message is sent by the domain owner and from a reliable hosting server - this is the so-called SPF protection, that prevents any electronic address created under your domain to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send out unsolicited mail making it appear like it was sent from your own mailbox. You could add any other information that you would like to be associated with your domain name 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 clicks in the Hepsia hosting CP, so if you use a shared hosting account from our company, you'll be able to create the record via a very user-friendly interface even when you have never done such a thing before. As you log in to your CP, you'll have to visit the DNS Records section through which you can manage all of the records relevant to your domains and subdomains, click on the New button and in the pop-up that will appear, simply select the hostname and the type (TXT) from drop-down menus and enter the text you require for the record. We also have a comprehensive Help article, but if you aren't sure what to do, our 24/7 technical support can assist you and create the necessary record for you. The latter is going to be working within the hour, in case you are validating your website, for example, you may ask the search engine to check your website again soon after the record has been created.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A new TXT record can be set up effortlessly if you use a semi-dedicated server solution from our company because the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all of the accounts, is really user-friendly and it'll enable you to set up any record with just a few clicks. All domains and subdomains which you have in the account are going to be listed in a drop-down menu, so you'll just have to pick the one that you need, pick the record type, which will be TXT in this case, and enter or copy/paste the required text. It won't take more than an hour for your new record to be entirely active and to propagate around the world. Even if you are not tech-savvy, you simply won't experience problems to do that, but to be on the safe side, we have an in depth guide where you can find all the steps. Our support department will also be able to aid you 24/7 with any questions you might have concerning the DNS records of your Internet domain names.