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Mail::SPF::Record(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::SPF::Record(3)

NAME

Mail::SPF::Record - Abstract base class for SPF records

SYNOPSIS

Creating a record from a string

    use Mail::SPF::v1::Record;
    my $record = Mail::SPF::v1::Record->new_from_string("v=spf1 a mx -all");

Creating a record synthetically

    use Mail::SPF::v2::Record;
    my $record = Mail::SPF::v2::Record->new(
        scopes      => ['mfrom', 'pra'],
        terms       => [
            Mail::SPF::Mech::A->new(),
            Mail::SPF::Mech::MX->new(),
            Mail::SPF::Mech::All->new(qualifier => '-')
        ],
        global_mods => [
            Mail::SPF::Mod::Exp->new(domain_spec => 'spf-exp.example.com')
        ]
    );

DESCRIPTION

Mail::SPF::Record is an abstract base class for SPF records. It cannot be instantiated directly. Create an instance of a concrete sub-class instead.

Constructor

The following constructors are provided:

Creates a new SPF record object.

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

A string denoting the unparsed text of the record.
A reference to an array of strings denoting the scopes that are covered by the record (see the description of the "scope" option of Mail::SPF::Request's "new" constructor).
A reference to an array of Mail::SPF::Term (i.e. Mail::SPF::Mech or Mail::SPF::Mod) objects that make up the record. Mail::SPF::GlobalMod objects must not be included here, but should be specified using the "global_mods" option instead.
A reference to an array of Mail::SPF::GlobalMod objects that are global modifiers of the record.
Creates a new SPF record object by parsing the string and any options given.

Class methods

The following class methods are provided:

Abstract. Returns a regular expression that matches a legal version tag.

This method is abstract and must be implemented by sub-classes of Mail::SPF::Record.

Returns the default qualifier, i.e. '+'.
Returns a reference to a hash that maps qualifiers to result codes as follows:

     Qualifier | Result code
    -----------+-------------
         +     | pass
         -     | fail
         ~     | softfail
         ?     | neutral
    

Instance methods

The following instance methods are provided:

Returns the unparsed text of the record. Throws a Mail::SPF::ENoUnparsedText exception if the record was created synthetically instead of being parsed, and no text was provided.
Abstract. Returns the version tag of the record.

This method is abstract and must be implemented by sub-classes of Mail::SPF::Record.

Returns a list of the scopes that are covered by the record. See the description of the "new" constructor's "scopes" option.
Returns a list of the terms that make up the record, excluding any global modifiers, which are returned by the "global_mods" method. See the description of the "new" constructor's "terms" option.
Returns a list of the global modifiers of the record, ordered ascending by modifier precedence. See the description of the "new" constructor's "global_mods" option.
Returns the global modifier of the given name if it is present in the record. Returns undef otherwise. Use this method if you wish to retrieve a specific global modifier as opposed to getting all of them.
Returns the record's version tag and terms (including the global modifiers) formatted as a string. You can simply use a Mail::SPF::Record object as a string for the same effect, see "OVERLOADING".
Evaluates the SPF record in the context of the request parameters represented by the given Mail::SPF::Request object. The given Mail::SPF::Server object is used for performing DNS look-ups. Throws a Mail::SPF::Result object matching the outcome of the evaluation; see Mail::SPF::Result. See RFC 4408, 4.6 and 4.7, for the exact algorithm used.

OVERLOADING

If a Mail::SPF::Record object is used as a string, the "stringify" method is used to convert the object into a string.

SEE ALSO

Mail::SPF, Mail::SPF::v1::Record, Mail::SPF::v2::Record, Mail::SPF::Term, Mail::SPF::Mech, Mail::SPF::Mod

<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