Mail::DKIM::SignerPolicy(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     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.

perl v5.10.1							    2008-08-26					     Mail::DKIM::SignerPolicy(3pm)