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
See Mail::SPF::Mech/new.
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
See Mail::SPF::Mech/Class methods.
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
See Mail::SPF::Mech/Instance methods.
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>