Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR - SPF record ptr mechanism class

An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR represents an SPF record mechanism of type ptr.

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

See new in Mail::SPF::Mech.

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

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

The following class methods are provided:

default_qualifier

qualifier_pattern

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

name: returns string

Returns 'ptr'.

name_pattern: returns Regexp

Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'ptr'.

The following instance methods are provided:

text

qualifier

params

stringify

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

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.

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.

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