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Linux command to inspect TXT records of a domain

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 them into a single item?
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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 record on the root domain. In AWS Route 53 they…
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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 .herokuapp.com. The thing is, I also want to add Google Webmasters and…
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How to include multiple spf domains with different mechanisms in a single spf TXT Record

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 include:otherdomain.com ~all can be merged to one…
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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 same keyfile for all 3 domain names? Do I have to…
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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 lets me the following kinds of…
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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 zone configuration, in every my domain.
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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 _acme-challenge.db.example.com with the…
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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 itself; but want to validate the www subdomain so I…
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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 and then a domain. What are these for? There does…
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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 DNS provider does not make it clear when the…
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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 " marks and separated by a space. An example of…
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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". If I use nslookup to query the TXT record, it…
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