Constructors¶

The following constructors are provided:

new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4

Creates a new SPF record "ip4" mechanism object.

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

new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech

Creates a new SPF record "ip4" mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given.

Class methods¶

The following class methods are provided:

default_qualifier

default_ipv4_prefix_length

qualifier_pattern

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

name: returns string

Returns 'ip4'.

name_pattern: returns Regexp

Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of 'ip4'.

See Mail::SPF::Mech for other supported class methods.

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.