Mail::SPF::Mech::A(3)

NAME
Mail::SPF::Mech::A - SPF record "a" mechanism class

DESCRIPTION
An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::A represents an SPF record mechanism of type "a".

  Constructors
The following constructors are provided:

new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::A
    Creates a new SPF record "a" mechanism object.

    %options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options:

    qualifier
    domain_spec
    ipv4_prefix_length
    ipv6_prefix_length
        See "new" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::A; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech
    Creates a new SPF record "a" mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given.

  Class methods
The following class methods are provided:

default_qualifier
default_ipv4_prefix_length
default_ipv6_prefix_length
qualifier_pattern
    See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

name: returns string
    Returns 'a'.

name_pattern: returns Regexp
    Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'a'.

  Instance methods
The following instance methods are provided:

text
qualifier
params
stringify
domain
match_in_domain
    See "Instance methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

domain_spec: returns Mail::SPF::MacroString
    Returns the "domain-spec" parameter of the mechanism.

ipv4_prefix_length: returns integer
    Returns the IPv4 network prefix length of the mechanism.

ipv6_prefix_length: returns integer
    Returns the IPv6 network prefix length of the mechanism.

match($server, $request): returns boolean
    Checks whether the mechanism's target domain name (that is, any of its DNS "A" or "AAAA" host addresses) matches the given request's IP address (see "ip_address" in Mail::SPF::Request), and returns true if it does, or false otherwise. The mechanism's IP network prefix lengths are respected when matching address records against the request's IP address. See RFC 4408, 5, for the exact algorithm used.

SEE ALSO
Mail::SPF, Mail::SPF::Record, Mail::SPF::Term, Mail::SPF::Mech

<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4408.txt>

For availability, support, and license information, see the README file included with Mail::SPF.

AUTHORS
Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net>, Shevek <cpan@anarres.org>