Question

DNS txt records not being returned for @ hostname

Posted on July 7, 2022
DNS
Asked by Matt Guest

I have a number of txt records set on my domain in the dns settings here, but the ones using @ for the hostname do not return on a dig. I’m trying to get some email services set up, and am unable to verify the domain due to this.

If I dig on one of the records that uses a subdomain, I get the txt record no problem:

> dig +noall +answer +multiline _dmarc.rollforinspiration.com TXT

_dmarc.rollforinspiration.com. 3600 IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@mailinblue.com!10m; ruf=mailto:dmarc@mailinblue.com!10m; rf=afrf; pct=100; ri=86400"

However, any that I set using @ as the hostname do not return anything:

> dig +noall +answer +multiline rollforinspiration.com TXT
returns nothing

Is this not supported by Digital Ocean’s dns servers, or is there something special I need to do? I searched here first and have already tried wrapping the value in quotes, but it doesn’t seem like others have found solutions either.

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