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Josh
Asked: 2010-08-25 11:40:18 +0800 CST

List TXT records for a domain with Windows nslookup

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I want to inspect TXT records for my domain, such as SPF records. I tried the following command with nslookup but it didn't list the TXT records:

nslookup -type=TXT example.com

What is the correct command, or is there a better tool use on Windows 7?

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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    First start nslookup without parameters, then type set type=txt, then type the domain name.

    nslookup <enter>
set type=txt <enter>
villagevines.com

    Example

    C:\Users\wilfried>nslookup

Default Server:  mydnsserver
Address:  192.168.1.1

> set type=txt

> villagevines.com

Server:  mydnsserver

Address:  192.168.1.1

*** No text (TXT) records available for villagevines.com

>
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  2. I have no ideea why but if you add an IP of a nameser at the end it will work.
    I have added google's dns name in this case:

    nslookup -type=TXT villagevines.com 8.8.8.8

    It can be your local DNS service.

    HTH next time when you need to query your TXT records.

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  3. The link for Get-Dns does not work, the standard Powershell cmdlet to do this is

    PS> Resolve-DnsName villagevines.com -Type TXT

    See more on Resolve-DnsName

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  4. In Windows 10, this work:

    nslookup -q=TXT villagevines.com

    Update: At this moment 2021-03-29, in Windows 10, you can use old nslookup syntax

    nslookup -type=TXT villagevines.com
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  5. Download BIND for Windows, there is a Windows port of dig in that. You should use dig instead of nslookup.

    If you're a Powershell fan (like me) you can also download the Powershell Dig Cmdlet which should get TXT records for you directly within powershell. Good stuff.

    PS> Get-Dns -Name mydomain.com -Type TXT
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