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Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4

NAME

Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4 - SPF record "ip4" mechanism class

DESCRIPTION

An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4 represents an SPF record mechanism of type "ip4".

Constructors
The following constructors are provided:
new(%options)
: returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4

Creates a new SPF record "ip4" mechanism object.

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

See "new" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4; throws
Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse
, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech

Creates a new SPF record "ip4" mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given.

Class methods
The following class methods are provided:
default_qualifier
default_ipv4_prefix_length
qualifier_pattern

See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

name: returns string

Returns ’ip4’.

name_pattern: returns Regexp

Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of ’ip4’.

See Mail::SPF::Mech for other supported class methods.

Instance methods
The following instance methods are provided:
text
qualifier
params
stringify

See "Instance methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

ip_network: returns NetAddr::IP

Returns the IP address network parameter of the mechanism.

match($server, $request): returns boolean

Returns true if the mechanism’s "ip_network" equals or contains the given request’s IP address, or false otherwise. See RFC 4408, 5.6, for details.

SEE ALSO

Mail::SPF, Mail::SPF::Record, Mail::SPF::Term, Mail::SPF::Mech

<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408>

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

AUTHORS

Julian Mehnle <julian AT mehnle DOT net>, Shevek <cpan AT anarres DOT org>

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