NAME
Mail::Milter::Authentication - A Perl Mail Authentication Milter
VERSION
version 3.20241011
SYNOPSIS
Subclass of Net::Server::PreFork for bringing up the main server process for authentication_milter.
This class handles the server aspects of Authentication Milter.
For individual Protocol handling please see the Mail::Milter::Authentication::Protocol::* classes
For request handling please see Mail::Milter::Authentication::Handler
Please see Net::Server docs for more detail of the server code.
Please see the output of 'authentication_milter --help' for usage help.
DESCRIPTION
A Perl Implementation of email authentication standards rolled up into a single easy to use milter.
METHODS
preload_modules( $from, $matching )
Preload (pre-fork) lazy loading modules.
Takes a Package Name and a Base module, and loads all modules which match.
write_to_log_hook()
Hook which runs to write logs
idle_loop_hook()
Hook which runs in the parent periodically.
pre_loop_hook()
Hook which runs in the parent before looping.
run_n_children_hook()
Hook which runs in parent before it forks children.
child_init_hook()
Hook which runs after forking, sets up per process items.
child_finish_hook()
Hook which runs when the child is about to finish.
pre_server_close_hook()
Hook which runs before the server closes.
dequeue()
Call the dequeue handlers
get_client_proto()
Get the protocol of the connecting client.
get_client_port()
Get the port of the connecting client.
get_client_host()
Get the host of the connecting client.
get_client_path()
Get the path of the connecting client.
get_client_details()
Get the details of the connecting client.
process_request()
Hook which runs for each request, passes control to metrics handler or process_main as appropriate.
process_main()
Method which runs for each request, sets up per request items and processes the request.
send_exception_email()
Send an email to the administrator with details of a problem.
fatal($error)
Log a fatal error and die in child
fatal_global($error)
Log a fatal error and die in child and parent
setup_handlers()
Setup the Handler objects.
load_handler( $name )
Load the $name Handler module
setup_handler( $name )
Setup the $name Handler object
destroy_handler( $name )
Remove the $name Handler
register_callback( $name, $callback )
Register the specified callback
sort_all_callbacks()
Sort the callbacks into the order in which they must be called
sort_callbacks( $callback )
Sort the callbacks for the $callback callback into the right order
destroy_objects()
Remove references to all objects
get_queue_id()
Return the queue ID (for logging) if possible.
enable_extra_debugging()
Turn on extra debugging mode, will cause child to exit on close.
extra_debugging( $line )
Cause $line to be written to log if extra debugging mode is enabled.
logerror( $line )
Log to the error log.
loginfo( $line )
Log to the info log.
logdebug( $line )
Log to the debug log.
FUNCTIONS
get_installed_handlers()
Return an array ref of installed handler modules.
send_panic_email()
Send an email to the administrator with details of a problem.
Called from the parent process if the server exits.
get_valid_pid($pid_file)
Given a pid file, check for a valid process ID and return if valid.
find_process()
Search the process table for an authentication_milter parent process
control($command)
Run a daemon command. Command can be one of start/restart/stop/status.
start($hashref)
Start the server. This method does not return.
$hashref = {
'pid_file' => 'The pid file to use', #
'daemon' => 1/0, # Daemonize process?
}AUTHOR
Marc Bradshaw <marc@marcbradshaw.net>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Marc Bradshaw.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.