Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6

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NAME
       Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6 - SPF record "ip6" mechanism class

DESCRIPTION
       An object of class Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6 represents an SPF record mech-
       anism of type "ip6".

       Constructors

       The following constructors are provided:

       new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6
	   Creates a new SPF record "ip6" mechanism object.

	   %options is a list of key/value pairs representing any of the fol-
	   lowing options:

	   qualifier
	   ip_network
	       See "new" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

       new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6; throws
       Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidMech
	   Creates a new SPF record "ip6" mechanism object by parsing the
	   string and any options given.

       Class methods

       The following class methods are provided:

       default_qualifier
       default_ipv6_prefix_length
       qualifier_pattern
	   See "Class methods" in Mail::SPF::Mech.

       name: returns string
	   Returns ’ip6’.

       name_pattern: returns Regexp
	   Returns a regular expression that matches a mechanism name of
	   ’ip6’.

       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.

SEE ALSO
       Mail::SPF, Mail::SPF::Record, Mail::SPF::Term, Mail::SPF::Mech

       <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4408.txt>

       For availability, support, and license information, see the README
       file included with Mail::SPF.

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



perl v5.8.8			  2008-09-05	      Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6(3)