{"id":5177,"date":"2018-05-16T14:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5177"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:03:56","password":"","slug":"adding-txt-records-windows-servers","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/adding-txt-records-windows-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding TXT records to your Windows Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>Forward Lookup Zones<\/strong>, right-click on your domain and select\u00a0<strong>Other New Records<\/strong>from the context menu.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0Resource Record Type dialog, select\u00a0<strong>Text (TXT)<\/strong>\u00a0from the list and click\u00a0<strong>Create Record<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the entries as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/txt-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/txt-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/txt-45x50.jpg 45w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/txt-320x358.jpg 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/txt.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Record name<\/strong>\u00a0field eg _tcp.mail.truehost.co.ke.<\/p>\n<p>the\u00a0<strong>Text<\/strong>\u00a0field,<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0Forward Lookup Zones, right-click on your domain and select\u00a0Other New Recordsfrom the context menu. 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