Net::DN...R::MINFO(3)

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version 1.570.0 · 18 versions
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💖 NAME

Net::DNS::RR::MINFO — the DNS MINFO resource record, bestie. (Also: hi, you're reading the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and this page is literally about "Mailbox Information" ✨)

✨ SYNOPSIS

use Net::DNS;
$rr = Net::DNS::RR('name MINFO rmailbx emailbx');

That's it. That's the whole summoning ritual 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION

It's the class for DNS Mailbox Information (MINFO) resource records. Two fields, both domain names, both about who gets the mail — we love a record with a clear job description 💅

🦋 METHODS

Okay so here's the vibe check: the available methods are those inherited from the base class, plus the type-specific methods defined in this package. So you get the family stuff for free, and then these two gems below 🫶

⚠️ Real talk: use of undocumented package features or direct access to internal data structures is discouraged and could result in program termination or other unpredictable behaviour. Like, don't poke the insides, it will bite you 😭

💜 rmailbx

$rmailbx = $rr->rmailbx;
$rr->rmailbx( $rmailbx );

A domain name which specifies a mailbox which is responsible for the mailing list or mailbox. 👑

If this domain name names the root, the owner of the MINFO RR is responsible for itself (self-care, iconic). Note that many existing mailing lists use a mailbox X-request to identify the maintainer of mailing list X, e.g., Msgroup-request for Msgroup. This field provides a more general mechanism — so it's giving upgrade, not replacement 💀✨

💙 emailbx

$emailbx = $rr->emailbx;
$rr->emailbx( $emailbx );

A domain name which specifies a mailbox which is to receive error messages related to the mailing list or mailbox specified by the owner of the MINFO RR (similar to the ERRORS-TO: field which has been proposed). If this domain name names the root, errors should be returned to the sender of the message. So like, the bounce address. The "not me, them" slot 🙈📬

Copyright (c)1997 Michael Fuhr.

All rights reserved.

Package template (c)2009,2012 O.M.Kolkman and R.W.Franks.

⭐ LICENSE

The legal bit — keeping it word-for-word because legalese does not respond well to paraphrasing, no cap:

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the original copyright notices appear in all copies and that both copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific prior written permission.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

(Translation for the group chat: free to use, just keep the notices, don't put the author's name in your ads, and if it breaks — and it might — nobody's liable. 🫶)

🌈 SEE ALSO

Go read them, they're the source material and they ate 🔥

That's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-09-02, filed under Net::DN...R::MINFO(3). Go forth and configure your mailboxes 💖✨🎀

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