NAME

Mail::SPF::Mod::Exp - SPF record exp modifier class

DESCRIPTION

An object of class Mail::SPF::Mod::Exp represents an SPF record modifier of type exp.

The following constructors are provided:

new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mod::Exp

Creates a new SPF record exp modifier object.

%options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options:

new_from_string($text): returns Mail::SPF::Mod::Exp; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMod

Creates a new SPF record exp modifier object by parsing the given string.

The following class methods are provided:

name: returns string: Returns 'exp'.
name_pattern: returns Regexp: Returns a regular expression that matches a modifier name of 'exp'.
precedence: returns real: Returns a precedence value of 0.2. See Mail::SPF::Mod/precedence.

The following instance methods are provided:

params: See Mail::SPF::Mod/params.
domain_spec: returns Mail::SPF::MacroString: Returns the domain-spec parameter of the modifier.
process($server, $request, $result): If the given SPF result is a fail result, retrieves the authority domain's explanation string from the modifier's target domain and attaches it to the SPF result. If an error occurs during the retrieval of the explanation string, does nothing, as if the modifier was not present. See RFC 4408, 6.2, for details.

See Mail::SPF::Mod for other supported instance methods.

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