Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4(3pm)

Mail::SPF::Mech::IP43pm

Spf record "ip4" mechanism class

Version

version 3.20260331

Overview

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.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9–10
  6. 11–12
  7. 13
  8. Arch