⚡ medium 💥 Formatting Catastrophes
citypropertyglasgow.co.uk
SRV record fields pasted as a flat TXT string
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;citypropertyglasgow.co.uk. IN TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION:
citypropertyglasgow.co.uk. 3600 IN TXT "Service: _autodiscover Protocol: ._tcp Port Number: 443 Host: http://autodiscover.glasgow.gov.uk Priority: 0 Weight: 0"
What Happened
This user was instructed to create an SRV record for Microsoft Exchange autodiscover. Instead of using the dedicated SRV record type with the correct fields (Service, Protocol, Port, Host, Priority, Weight), they pasted the literal field labels and values as a single flat TXT record. Exchange autodiscover has never worked for this domain.
Full TXT Record Value
Service: _autodiscover Protocol: ._tcp Port Number: 443 Host: http://autodiscover.glasgow.gov.uk Priority: 0 Weight: 0