TXT record
Free-form text attached to a name. In practice it carries SPF, DMARC, DKIM keys and domain-ownership verification tokens.
What one looks like
example.com. 3600 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all"
Things worth knowing
- A domain may have only one SPF record; two is a permanent error that disables SPF entirely.
- Verification tokens from Google, Microsoft and others can safely coexist as separate TXT records.
- Long keys are split into quoted chunks — that is normal, not corruption.
Look up a real TXT record
Query any domain live and see every record type with its TTL.