NAME

       Mail::DKIM::Policy - abstract base class for originator "signing" policies

SYNOPSIS

         # get all policies that apply to a verified message
         foreach my $policy ($dkim->policies)
         {

             # the name of this policy
             my $name = $policy->name;

             # the location in DNS where this policy was found
             my $location = $policy->location;

             # apply this policy to the message being verified
             my $result = $policy->apply($dkim);

         }

DESCRIPTION

       Between the various versions of the DomainKeys/DKIM standards, several different forms of
       sender "signing" policies have been defined.  In order for the Mail::DKIM library to
       support these different policies, it uses several different subclasses. All subclasses
       support this general interface, so that a program using Mail::DKIM can support any and all
       policies found for a message.

METHODS

       These methods are supported by all classes implementing the Mail::DKIM::Policy interface.

   apply()
       Apply the policy to the results of a DKIM verifier.

         my $result = $policy->apply($dkim_verifier);

       The caller must provide an instance of Mail::DKIM::Verifier, one which has already been
       fed the message being verified.

       Possible results are:

       accept
           The message is approved by the sender signing policy.

       reject
           The message is rejected by the sender signing policy.

       neutral
           The message is neither approved nor rejected by the sender signing policy. It can be
           considered suspicious.

   as_string()
       The policy as a string.

       Note that the string returned by this method will not necessarily have the tags ordered
       the same as the text record found in DNS.

   is_implied_default_policy()
       Is this policy implied?

         my $is_implied = $policy->is_implied_default_policy;

       If you fetch the policy for a particular domain, but that domain does not have a policy
       published, then the "default policy" is in effect. Use this method to detect when that
       happens.

   location()
       Where the policy was fetched from.

       This is generally a domain name, the domain name where the policy was published.

       If nothing is published for the domain, and the default policy was returned instead, the
       location will be "undef".

   name()
       Identify what type of policy this is.

       This currently returns strings like "sender", "author", and "ADSP".  It is subject to
       change in the next version of Mail::DKIM.

SEE ALSO

       Mail::DKIM::DkPolicy - for RFC4870(historical) DomainKeys sender signing policies

       Mail::DKIM::DkimPolicy - for early draft DKIM sender signing policies

       Mail::DKIM::AuthorDomainPolicy - for Author Domain Signing Practices (ADSP)

AUTHOR

       Jason Long, <jlong@messiah.edu>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2006-2009 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.