A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, which is associated with a domain name as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most widespread use of a TXT record is to add your web site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, which provides info about the targeted traffic to your website. Creating this sort of a record may serve as proof that you are the domain name owner and they'll provide the content that you need to include as the value when you set up the record. Another application of a TXT record is to verify 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 created under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send out spam making it look like it was sent from your own mailbox. You can include any other information you want to be associated with your Internet domain in a TXT record as well.