NAME

Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6 - SPF record ip6 mechanism class

VERSION

version 3.20240923

DESCRIPTION

An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6 represents an SPF record mechanism of type ip6.

Constructors

The following constructors are provided:

new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6

Creates a new SPF record ip6 mechanism object.

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

qualifier

ip_network

See "new" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech

Creates a new SPF record ip6 mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given.

Class methods

The following class methods are provided:

default_qualifier

default_ipv6_prefix_length

qualifier_pattern

See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

name: returns string

Returns 'ip6'.

name_pattern: returns Regexp

Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'ip6'.

Instance methods

The following instance methods are provided:

text

qualifier

params

stringify

See "Instance methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

ip_network: returns NetAddr::IP

Returns the IP address network parameter of the mechanism.

match($server, $request): returns boolean

Returns true if the mechanism's ip_network equals or contains the given request's IP address, or false otherwise. See RFC 4408, 5.6, 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>