NAME
Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists - SPF record exists
mechanism class
DESCRIPTION
An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists represents an SPF record mechanism of type exists
.
Constructors
The following constructors are provided:
- new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists
-
Creates a new SPF record
exists
mechanism object.%options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options:
- qualifier
- domain_spec
- new_from_string($text): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech
-
Creates a new SPF record
exists
mechanism object by parsing the given string.
Class methods
The following class methods are provided:
- default_qualifier
- qualifier_pattern
- name: returns string
-
Returns 'exists'.
- name_pattern: returns Regexp
-
Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'exists'.
Instance methods
The following instance methods are provided:
- text
- qualifier
- params
- stringify
- domain_spec: returns Mail::SPF::MacroString
-
Returns the
domain-spec
parameter of the mechanism. - match($server, $request): returns boolean
-
Checks whether a DNS
A
record exists for the mechanism's target domain name, and returns true if one does, or false otherwise. See RFC 4408, 5.7, for details.
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>