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Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists(3)

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:

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

Class methods

The following class methods are provided:

See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.
Returns 'exists'.
Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'exists'.

Instance methods

The following instance methods are provided:

See "Instance methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.
Returns the "domain-spec" parameter of the mechanism.
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://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408>

For availability, support, and license information, see the README file included with Mail::SPF.

AUTHORS

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

2014-05-02 perl v5.16.3