NAME
Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR - SPF record ptr
mechanism class
DESCRIPTION
An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR represents an SPF record mechanism of type ptr
.
Constructors
The following constructors are provided:
- new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR
-
Creates a new SPF record
ptr
mechanism object.%options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options:
- qualifier
- domain_spec
- new_from_string($text): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech
-
Creates a new SPF record
ptr
mechanism object by parsing the given string.
Class methods
The following class methods are provided:
- default_qualifier
- qualifier_pattern
- name: returns string
-
Returns 'ptr'.
- name_pattern: returns Regexp
-
Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'ptr'.
Instance methods
The following instance methods are provided:
- text
- qualifier
- params
- stringify
- domain_spec: returns Mail::SPF::MacroString
-
Returns the
domain-spec
parameter of the mechanism. - match($server, $request): returns boolean
-
Checks whether the mechanism's target domain name, or a sub-domain thereof, is a "valid" domain name for the given request's IP address (see "ip_address" in Mail::SPF::Request), and returns true if it does, or false otherwise. See "valid_domain_for_ip_address" in Mail::SPF::Util for how domains are validated. See RFC 4408, 5.5, for the description of an equivalent algorithm.
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>