{"id":1780,"date":"2021-05-20T11:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2023-03-01T15:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:35:27","slug":"add-a-txt-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/add-a-txt-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a TXT Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A TXT record allows you to insert email-sender policies, verify domain ownership, or add other text-based content to your DNS records.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>You can use a TXT record for:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DKIM<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPF<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DMARC<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and site verification records.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The abbreviation, <\/span><b>\u201cTXT\u201d in TXT records stands for text<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">text records.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Let\u2019s explore how it works.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How a TXT Record Works<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TEXT records have unique uses. <\/span><b>We\u2019ll look at each TXT record type.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>DKIM Record<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DKIM record is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail record. It\u2019s an email authorization mechanism that\u2019s intended to spot fake sender email addresses.<\/span><b> Fake sender addresses are usually used in phishing and email spam.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This record helps receivers to verify if an email that\u2019s supposedly coming from a particular domain was truly authorized by the owner of that domain, using a digital signature. The DKIM authentication fails if the verification signature doesn\u2019t match or the message reaching the receiver has been tampered with.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>SPF Record<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SPF record, or Sender Policy Framework record, alerts DNS servers across the internet of the email server a domain relies on to sends emails.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This record verification mechanism lowers spam by allowing email receiving servers to verify a message\u2019s sender address and compare it with the domain\u2019 SPF record. If the sending address and the SPF record disagrees, the receiving mail server might flag the message as spam.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>DMARC Record<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance record or DMARC record is a TXT record that\u2019s published to a domain to handle message authentication failure. A DMARC record has two functions:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Instruct the receiving server on what to do about the message<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The DMRC record could instruction receiving server to reject, quarantine, or permit the message to continue delivering.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Send reports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The DMARC record may also email reports to one or more addresses providing data about the email message received from the domain.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DMARC record tells an ISP like Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook, and others if a domain uses DMARC, the policy is in the record. This TXT record would be <\/span><b><i>\u201c_dmarc.yourdomain.com.\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but you\u2019ll replace the yourdomain.com URL with your real domain name or subdomain URL.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Site Verification Records<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Site verification records provide TXT records for services like Microsoft Office 365 or Google Apps to verify ownership of the domain. Since only a domain owner should be able to access a DNS record, a site verification record is a valid way to verify ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step by Step Guide to Adding a TXT Record to Your DNS on the SPanel<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow this guide to add a TXT record to your domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 1: Log into SPanel&#8217;s User Interface<br><\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The default login URL is<em><strong> yourdomain.com\/spanel\/<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/40.png\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, Step 1: Log into SPanel&#8217;s User Interface\" class=\"wp-image-2898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/40.png 453w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/40-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/40-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 2: Open the DNS Editor<br><\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DNS Editor is located under the Domains section on SPanel&#8217;s homepage.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/308.png\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, Step 2: Open the DNS Editor\" class=\"wp-image-3876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/308.png 865w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/308-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/308-768x214.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2-5.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, Step 2: Open the DNS Editor 2\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2-5.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2-5-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 4: Add, Edit, and Remove a TXT Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You first need to pick the domain you want to edit. The drop-down menu is at the top of the page.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1278\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image6-5.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, Step 4: Add, Edit, and Remove a TXT Record in SPanel\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image6-5.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image6-5-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image6-5-1024x354.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image6-5-768x266.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then. scroll down to the Add a New Record section. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll make your changes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to Add a TXT Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image9-4.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Add a TXT Record in SPanel\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image9-4.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image9-4-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image9-4-1024x284.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image9-4-768x213.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add the name of your TXT record to the <\/span><b>Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> box. The <\/span><b>TTL<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(time to live)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is given in seconds automatically. Its default setting 14400 seconds and you can change it to as short as 30 seconds if you wish.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>TXT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the dropdown menu labeled Type. Enter your specific TXT value. For example, if you are setting up an SPF record, you can use v=spf1 mx -all to show that emails are allowed from your mail server only and no other server.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>You can also add a TXT record for DKIM, SPF, DMARC, and site verification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019re adding a DKIM record, then you\u2019ll have to add DomainKeys.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1267\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image3-5.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Add a TXT Record in SPanel 2\" class=\"wp-image-1783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image3-5.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image3-5-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image3-5-1024x204.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image3-5-768x153.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to Edit or Remove a TXT Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can remove a TXT record from your SPanel by scrolling down the <\/span><b>DNS Editor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, finding the editor you want to alter. Let\u2019s assume you want to alter the <\/span><b>DKIM records.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1248\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image12-1.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Edit or Remove a TXT Record in SPanel\" class=\"wp-image-1792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image12-1.jpg 1248w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image12-1-300x19.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image12-1-1024x64.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image12-1-768x48.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the blue Edit button to reveal the details of the record.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image8-4.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Edit or Remove a TXT Record in SPanel 2\" class=\"wp-image-1788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image8-4.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image8-4-300x34.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve opened the TXT record you want to change or delete, there you can change the records as you want. You can delete the record by clicking the delete button.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image11-1.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Edit or Remove a TXT Record in SPanel 3\" class=\"wp-image-1791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image11-1.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image11-1-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image11-1-1024x173.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image11-1-768x129.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otherwise, you can make changes to the TXT record and then click Save when you\u2019re done editing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image10-3.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Edit or Remove a TXT Record in SPanel 4\" class=\"wp-image-1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image10-3.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image10-3-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image10-3-1024x173.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image10-3-768x129.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you\u2019ve made changes but don\u2019t want them to apply, click Cancel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image7-6.jpg\" alt=\"Add a TXT Record, How to Edit or Remove a TXT Record in SPanel 5\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image7-6.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image7-6-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image7-6-1024x173.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image7-6-768x129.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Need Help?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you know how to add, edit, or remove a TXT record from your SPanel account. If you need any help you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/contact-us.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact our support at any time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We are available, around the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TXT record allows you to insert email-sender policies, verify domain ownership, or add other text-based content to your DNS records.&nbsp; You can use a TXT record for: The abbreviation, \u201cTXT\u201d in TXT records stands for text\u2014text records. Let\u2019s explore how it works. How a TXT Record Works TEXT records have unique uses. We\u2019ll look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"A TXT record allows you to insert email-sender policies, verify domain ownership, or add other text-based content to your DNS records.\u00a0You can use a TXT record for: DKIM, SPF, DMARC and site verification records.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-hosting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5410,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}