Mail::SPF::Mech::A - SPF record a mechanism class
a
An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::A represents an SPF record mechanism of type a.
The following constructors are provided:
Creates a new SPF record a mechanism object.
%options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options:
See "new" in Mail::SPF::Mech.
Creates a new SPF record a mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given.
The following class methods are provided:
See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.
Returns 'a'.
Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'a'.
The following instance methods are provided:
See "Instance methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.
Returns the domain-spec parameter of the mechanism.
domain-spec
Returns the IPv4 network prefix length of the mechanism.
Returns the IPv6 network prefix length of the mechanism.
Checks whether the mechanism's target domain name (that is, any of its DNS A or AAAA host addresses) matches the given request's IP address (see "ip_address" in Mail::SPF::Request), and returns true if it does, or false otherwise. The mechanism's IP network prefix lengths are respected when matching address records against the request's IP address. See RFC 4408, 5, for the exact algorithm used.
A
AAAA
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.
Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net>, Shevek <cpan@anarres.org>
To install Mail::SPF, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Mail::SPF
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Mail::SPF
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.