[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":193},["ShallowReactive",2],{"term-t\u002Ftxt-record":3,"related-t\u002Ftxt-record":176},{"id":4,"title":5,"acronym":6,"body":7,"category":158,"description":159,"difficulty":160,"extension":161,"letter":162,"meta":163,"navigation":54,"path":164,"related":165,"seo":170,"sitemap":171,"stem":174,"subcategory":6,"__hash__":175},"terms\u002Fterms\u002Ft\u002Ftxt-record.md","TXT Record",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":152},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30,141,145,148],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"eli5-the-vibe-check","ELI5 — The Vibe Check",[16,17,18],"p",{},"A TXT record is a free-form DNS record where you can store any text. It started as a way to add notes, but now it's used to prove you own a domain and configure email security. Setting up Google Workspace or Cloudflare? You'll paste a TXT record.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"real-talk","Real Talk",[16,24,25],{},"TXT (Text) DNS records store arbitrary text strings associated with a domain. 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