Mail::DKIM::SignerPolicy(3pm)
NAME
Mail::DKIM::SignerPolicy - determines signing parameters for a message
DESCRIPTION
A "signer policy" is an object, class, or function used by
Mail::DKIM::Signer to determine what signatures to add to the current
message. To take advantage of signer policies, create your own Perl
class that extends the Mail::DKIM::SignerPolicy class. The only method
you need to implement is the apply() method.
The apply() method takes as a parameter the Mail::DKIM::Signer object.
Using this object, it can determine some properties of the message
(e.g. what the From: address or Sender: address is). Then it sets various signer properties as desired. The apply() method should return a
nonzero value if the message should be signed. If a false value is
returned, then the message is "skipped" (i.e. not signed).
- Here is an example of a policy that always returns the same values:
- package MySignerPolicy;
use base "Mail::DKIM::SignerPolicy"; - sub apply
{my $self = shift;
my $signer = shift;$signer->algorithm("rsa-sha1");
$signer->method("relaxed");
$signer->domain("example.org");
$signer->selector("selector1");
$signer->key_file("private.key");return 1; - }
- To use this policy, simply specify the name of the class as the Policy parameter...
my $dkim = Mail::DKIM::Signer->new(Policy => "MySignerPolicy",- );
ADVANCED
- You can also have the policy actually build the signature for the
Signer to use. To do this, call the signer's add_signature() method from within your apply() callback. E.g., - sub apply
{my $self = shift;
my $signer = shift;$signer->add_signature(new Mail::DKIM::Signature(Algorithm => $signer->algorithm,
Method => $signer->method,
Headers => $signer->headers,
Domain => $signer->domain,
Selector => $signer->selector,));return; - }
- Again, if you do not want any signatures, return zero or undef. If you use add_signature() to create a signature, the default signature will not be created, even if you return nonzero.
AUTHOR
Jason Long, <jlong@messiah.edu>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 by Messiah College
- This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at
your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.