Mail::S...ch::IP4(3)

💖 Mail::S...ch::IP4(3) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this page is from User Contributed Perl Documentation, and the full title in the header is Mail::S...ch::IP4(3) — that's the manual name, and yes it's the same one twice, slay 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4 — the SPF record "ip4" mechanism class. that's the whole name, iconic, no notes 🎀

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 3.20260331

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, an object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4 represents an SPF record mechanism of type "ip4". that's it. that's the vibe. 💜

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💫 Constructors 💫

the following constructors are provided, bestie:

• new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4 — makes a brand new SPF record "ip4" 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 for the deets 👑

• new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech — makes a new SPF record "ip4" mechanism object by parsing the string and any options given. she's building it from text, periodt 💅

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🔥 Class methods 🔥

the following class methods are provided, no cap:

• 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.

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🌈 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 🧚

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👑 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. 📄

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net>, Shevek <cpan@anarres.org>

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