Mail::...Lookup(3pm)

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version 2.05 · 6 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing

💖 Mail::MtPolicyd::Plugin::GeoIPLookup — the mtpolicyd plugin for checking geo info of an client_address 💖

okay bestie, so this is a User Contributed Perl Documentation page for Mail::...Lookup(3pm) and it's genuinely so useful, let me walk you through it 🫶

✨ VERSION ✨

version 2.05 — that's the one, that's the vibe, periodt 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: this plugin goes and queries a GeoIP to get the country code of the client_address. That's it, that's the whole job. Iconic, honestly.

But here's the tea ☕ — the whole thing is split into two plugins, not one:

  • this plugin, which does the Lookup 🔍
  • and the GeoIPAction plugin, which is the one you use to take actions based on that country code 🎯

so like, one finds out where they're from, the other decides what to do about it. main character duo energy fr fr 👑

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

just one, and she's simple:

  • database (default: /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat) — the path to the geoip country database 🗺️✨

that's literally it. one param. she's low maintenance, we love her.

🌈 MAXMIND GEOIP COUNTRY DATABASE 🌈

so if you're on a debian system (iykyk), you can install the country database with the geoip-database package. easy peasy 🍓

and you can also download it directly from Maxmind:

http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/

(choose "GeoLite2 Country/DB") — yes bestie, you have to pick that one, don't just grab anything 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Markus Benning <ich@markusbenning.de> — the legend, the icon, the moment 🌟

This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Markus Benning <ich@markusbenning.de>.

This is free software, licensed under:

The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991
fr fr, that's the actual license, respect it 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖✨ this was Mail::...Lookup(3pm) from perl v5.38.2, dated 2024-05-26 — go forth and geo-locate responsibly, mwah 💅🎀🦋

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