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Linux command to inspect TXT records of a domain [closed]

Is there a linux shell command that I can use to inspect the TXT records of a domain?
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How to include multiple domains in an spf TXT Record

I am looking to setup a TXT spf record that has 2 included domains... individually: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all and v=spf1 include:otherdomain.com ~all What is the proper way of combining ...
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Multiple TXT fields for same subdomain

I would like to understand if multiple TXT records for the same subdomain are ok or could lead to issues. In particular, we have the requirement for one SPF record and one Google Domain Verification ...
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What is a TXT record with the form ms=msXXXXXXXX used for?

I've noticed that some domains have a TXT record with the form ms=msXXXXXXXX, where each X is decimal digit. For example ms=ms97284866 What is this kind of TXT record used for?
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Adding both CNAME and TXT DNS records for one subdomain

I have a Heroku app and I need to set up a domain for it. The common way to set it up is to use CNAME record to specify that this domain is an alias to <your-domain-name>.herokuapp.com. The ...
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What are the main differences between SRV records and TXT records?

I'm trying to consolidate domain names for the servers I look after to just use one panel instead of 3 or 4, and one thing stopping me is that the provider I originally wanted to move them to only ...
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How do I use OpenDKIM with multiple domain names on a single server?

How do I use OpenDKIM with multiple domain names on a single server? I own 3 domain names, and I have a single server that's running postfix for sending email. How do I use OpenDKIM? Can I use the ...
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How to include multiple spf domains with different mechanisms in a single spf TXT Record [duplicate]

EDIT : How to Mix the different mechanisms (a , mx , ip4 , ptr and include) to create single SPF file from 4 I know that 2 simple SPF records like v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all v=spf1 ...
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What these strange TXT records in my default OVH DNS config mean

Can somebody tell me please, what this TXT records means? www IN TXT "l|pt" www IN TXT "3|welcome" these 2 TXT records appears when i reset my DNS ...
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Wildcard SSL with LetsEncrypt gives error

I want to create wildcard SSL for my website via LetsEncrypt. I followed the instruction and after running Certbot, it gives me a DNS challenge and says: Please deploy a DNS TXT record under the name ...
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Base64 encoded MX records in TXT records

A lot of domains hosted by Namecheap contain strange DNS TXT records that appear to be base64 encoded, that when decoded look like a weird kind of MX record - having the structure of both a priority ...
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Adding a subdomain on Google Domains

I'm trying to create a TXT DNS record with name _acme-challenge.www on Google Domains to allow me to validate my DNS (i.e. via _acme-challenge.www.example.com). I've already validated the domain ...
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What are DNS TXT records and why are they needed

I am creating a server with a primary nameserver and mutliple domains. Do i need to make TXT records for all the domain, they all have there own email, but use the mailserver from the primary. EDIT: ...
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TXT record is forwarded because of CNAME

I want to verify my domain name with google apps, by using DNS verification. This involves making a TXT record with a generated value by google. However, I have a CNAME record for the "mydomain.com". ...
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How to query DNS for special **NAMED** TXT records

I am using certbot to generate a ssl certificate for a third party web app. Because I cannot get into the source code or folder structure, I am using DNS validation. To further complicate things, my ...
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Entering multiple DNS TXT values as a single TXT entry, with each value in " marks, but separated by spaces

I have done this with other DNS providers but I'm stuck on UltraDNS's DNS management interface. I need to enter multiple values in a TXT entry so they resolve as a single string with each value in &...
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How to format and where to put the SPF TXT record?

EDIT I think I more or less understand the syntax and, anyway, Google is giving, in the link below, the syntax needed. My question is really where to put that stuff. Should I quote every field? The ...
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What order do split TXT records get assembled in?

As per RFC4408 3.1.3, a TXT record can be split up with quotation marks and will be reassembled properly - this is a way of getting around the 255 character limit on record size. IN TXT "v=spf1 .....
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Amazon SES domain verification TXT DNS record

I currently am trying to get my domain verified on Amazon's SES and running int a problem that google searches are not helping me get any closer to solving. According to SES, I have to create a TXT ...
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TXT record for a server behind a router?

I've found this wonderful explanation of SPF on http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax and i had it working on my older setup. Setup has changed and i find myself in the ropes again. I have an ...
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How to concatenate DNS TXT records?

Google Search Console is asking me to add a TXT record to my domain name, like google-site-verification=EQZs1xbCh8hu90LwVGhWEcYUYCGH6BDSBE68 But I already have a TXT record for SPF like v=spf1 +a ...
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List all txt records for a doman

How can I list all the txt records for a domain? All online tools i checked only list the firt one they find and the nslookup the same. I wish to do this on a windows machine.
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How to correctly add SPF record

I need to add a SendGrid SPF record for my GoDaddy domain, but I'm not sure exactly where to put it. I have an existing TXT record for @ with value of google-site-verification=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX....
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SPF "include:" does MX stay as included domain's MX, or get translated to the includer's MX?

SPF records allow you to include another's domains SPF record within your own. For example, example.com can have include:_spf.google.com in its SPF record to include all of the SPF rules for _spf....
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Is it safe to add additional values to a TXT record in DNS

In Dynamics 365 we need to be able to authenticate our domain for sending marketing emails. We have followed the advice in the Microsoft article below and now need to add the DNS records. https://docs....
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Restricting query types in Bind9

The network is relatively straightforward: on the inside there is Active Directory, in the DMZ is a BIND9 DNS forwarder. The Active Directory domain controller is the internal DNS server for all ...
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Bind9 will not serve txt records for some domains and will serve it for others [closed]

As from the title, bind9 won't serve txt records for one domain, and serve it for others. the zones are almost equal. System Ubuntu 14.04 Bind9 from the distribution (tried 9.10 from sources too) I ...
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SPF Record for sending mail for a different server

I use a different server to send mail to my mailing list. I want to add an SPF record to my domain to show that the IP of the different server is authorized to send mail (as well as the default server)...
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Why are my TXT DNS records for certbot-auto not taken into account?

I tried to add a txt value to my DNS records to use certbot (certbot-auto as explained here ). Here are my DNS records in text mode (with example numbers): @ 10800 IN SOA ex1.example.net. ...
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How to include multiple domains in an spf TXT Record ~all and ?all [duplicate]

I am looking to setup a TXT spf record that has 2 included domains...individually: v=spf1 include:hotmail.com ~all and v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net ?all What is the proper way of combining them ...
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How to support HTTPS with TXT record?

I would lik to redirect all link from wiki.negativity.fr to the github wiki. Actually, I'm doing this: wiki IN TXT "1|https://github.com/Elikill58/Negativity/wiki" And it works, but only ...
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TXT entry in DNS for both gmail and amazon ses

It seems adding a TXT entry in DNS about Google is a good practice (when using gmail to send mail) to prevent being considered as Spammer. So I could add a TXT entry in my DNS records to: example.org ...
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When I query for TXT records, how can I tell that I've resolved all of them if there are multiple?

I'm not familiar with the mechanism by which TXT records are communicated back to the client. Does it just wait until timeout receiving records? Or does the server somehow indicate the the client the ...
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Adding a TXT DNS record to a VPS

I have a VPS registered at strato.com and I want to connect it to a google apps package. Google apps needs to verify my ownership of the domain and wants me to add a specific TXT record to the DNS. ...
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I post a domain challenge TXT record to AWS Route 53, but Let's Encrypt doesn't see it

I finally got certbot-auto installed on the AWS EC2 Linux instance that was giving me trouble, and I'm trying to get a wildcard cert from Let's Encrypt. I was told to put up a TXT record under the ...
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TXT records causes subdomains not to resolve

i have the following entries in my nginx.conf, this allows me to go to http://somerandomstuff.domain.ie, which my app_subdomain_handler application then handles, this works ok. upstream ...
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DKIM public key not retrievable

I've had a mail server set up for quite a while now. It's been working fine, all the major email providers accept email from my server with no problem. However, at the time I set up the server, I also ...
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DNS SPF TXT Records - is this legal?

foo.org 1 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.bar.com ~all" foo.org 1 IN TXT "v-spf1 ip4:99.99.99.99 include:_spf.google.com ~all" or do they need to be combined into one ...
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Sending an Email from 2 Mail Servers

We are currently attempting to move away from using a "local" mail(exchange) server to an cloud based offering for all our automated emails. The problem is that we send and receive thousands for ...
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Join multiple SPF in one string

I've read other thread about it but I've 2 different string with some parameters in only one (MX) so i ask some help to join in one string only in the correct way. 1) "v=spf1 include:spf.sendinblue....
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Can I use include and redirect in same SPF record?

My current SPF record is as below Host Value TTL myexampledomain.com "v=spf1 redirect=_spf.mailhostbox.com" 1 Day I am using 2 free email ...
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SPF TXT record with multiple senders - bounce back - spf check failed

My company uses office 365 for our email, but we also send email from one of our server's IP addresses. My TXT record is: v=spf1 ip4:XXX.XX.XX.XXX include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all (XXX.XX.XX....
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SPF records should also be published in DNS as type SPF records

I recently set up SPF records for a domain and when I checked the records using http://www.kitterman.com/ I got an error message that stated SPF records should also be published in DNS as type SPF ...
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Email DNS Setup: How do I make HELO publish an SPF record? SPF_HELO_NONE - SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record

My environment: hMailServer 5.6.8 on Windows Server 2022 Standard Let's say I have two domains (I don't really own these domains, they're just examples), www.myblog.com and www.mailserver.com. They ...
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Merging SPF records

I have one SPF record: v=spf1 a mx ip4:111.111.111.111 -all and I need to add one more: v=spf1 ip4:222.222.222.222 include:_spf.example.net ~all How to merge them correctly? Is v=spf1 ip4:222.222....
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Dkim DNS Setup: dig +trace finds the key, dig notrace doesn't

i'm setting up DKIM for my domain to sign outgoing mails. I've got some issues on DNS configuration, because DNS configuration is mixed between external DNS (hosting) and a cloud server, which sends ...
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Would like to doublecheck that I created a TXT SPF record correctly for multiple IP addresses

I currently have this TXT SPF record: v=spf1 a mx ip4:173.9.41.65 ~all That above record is only supposed to allow that IP address to send. However, I now have 5 static IPs that need to be allowed (...
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Spf record processing speed

I send email through a service provider smtp server that uses a domain different than mine. My email client uses smtp1.provider.net to send emails, but usually the message is routed through smtp2....
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PowerDNS does not resolve TXT records

My PowerDNS DNS server 3.3 does not resolve TXT records. Database looks like this: PowerDNS database When I try to dig my server for TXT entry they are not being shown: [root@nowosci powerdns]# ...
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Need to Export Wikipages to txt

Need to export my sharepoint wikipages to txt, is this possible? If, how? Please Help!
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