Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR - SPF record "ptr" mechanism class

Authors

Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net>, Shevek <cpan@anarres.org> perl v5.40.1 2025-05-10 Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR(3pm)

Description

An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR represents an SPF record mechanism of type "ptr". Constructors The following constructors are provided: new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR Creates a new SPF record "ptr" mechanism object. %options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the following options: qualifierdomain_spec See "new" in Mail::SPF::Mech. new_from_string($text,%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech Creates a new SPF record "ptr" mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given. Classmethods The following class methods are provided: default_qualifierqualifier_pattern See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech. name: returns string Returns 'ptr'. name_pattern: returns Regexp Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'ptr'. Instancemethods The following instance methods are provided: textqualifierparamsstringify See "Instance methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech. domain_spec: returns Mail::SPF::MacroString Returns the "domain-spec" parameter of the mechanism. match($server,$request): returns boolean Checks whether the mechanism's target domain name, or a sub-domain thereof, is a "valid" domain name for the given request's IP address (see "ip_address" in Mail::SPF::Request), and returns true if it does, or false otherwise. See "valid_domain_for_ip_address" in Mail::SPF::Util for how domains are validated. See RFC 4408, 5.5, for the description of an equivalent algorithm.