Mail::Message::Field::AuthResults(3pm)

NAME
Mail::Message::Field::AuthResults - message header field authentication result

INHERITANCE
 Mail::Message::Field::AuthResults
   is a Mail::Message::Field::Structured
   is a Mail::Message::Field::Full
   is a Mail::Message::Field
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS
  my $f = Mail::Message::Field->new('Authentication-Results' => '...');

  my $g = Mail::Message::Field->new('Authentication-Results');
  $g->addResult(method => 'dkim', result => 'fail');

DESCRIPTION
Mail Transfer Agents may check the authenticity of an incoming message. They add 'Authentication-Results' headers, maybe more than one. This implementation is based on RFC7601.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

OVERLOADED
Extends "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

overload: "" stringification
    Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

overload: 0+ numification
    Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

overload: <=> numeric comparison
    Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

overload: bool boolean
    Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

overload: cmp string comparison
    Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

  Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->clone()
    Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field

$class->from($field, %options)
    Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$class->new(%options)
    Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured

     -Option    --Defined in                      --Default
      attributes  Mail::Message::Field::Structured  <ignored>
      charset     Mail::Message::Field::Full        undef
      datum       Mail::Message::Field::Structured  undef
      encoding    Mail::Message::Field::Full        'q'
      force       Mail::Message::Field::Full        false
      language    Mail::Message::Field::Full        undef
      results                                       []
      server                                        <required>
      version                                       undef

    attributes => \@attributes|\%attributes
    charset => $charset
    datum => $date
    encoding => 'q'|'Q'|'b'|'B'
    force => BOOLEAN
    language => $language
    results => ARRAY
        Each authentication method is represented by a HASH, which contains the 'method' and 'result' keys. Sometimes, there is a 'comment'. Properties of form 'ptype.pname' will be there as well.

    server => $domain
        Where the authentication tool ran. This should be your local service, otherwise you may accept spoofed headers!

    version => INTEGER

  Attributes
Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

  The field
Extends "The field" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$any->isStructured( [$name] )
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->length()
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->nrLines()
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->print( [$fh] )
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->size()
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->string( [$wrap] )
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->toDisclose()
    Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

  Access to the name
Extends "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->Name()
    Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->name()
    Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->wellformedName( [STRING] )
    Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

  Access to the body
Extends "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->body()
    Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->decodedBody(%options)
    Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->folded()
    Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->foldedBody( [$body] )
    Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

$any->stripCFWS( [STRING] )
    Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->unfoldedBody( [$body, [$wrap]] )
    Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

  Access to the content
Extends "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->addAttribute(...)
    Attributes are not supported here.

$obj->addResult(HASH|PAIRS)
    Add new results to this header. Invalid results are ignored.

$obj->addresses()
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->attrPairs()
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured

$obj->attribute( $object|<STRING, %options>|<$name,$value,%options> )
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured

$obj->attributes()
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured

$obj->beautify()
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->comment( [STRING] )
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

$any->createComment(STRING, %options)
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$any->createPhrase(STRING, %options)
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->results()
    Returns a LIST of result HASHes. Each HASH at least contains keys 'method', 'method_version', and 'result'.

$obj->server()
    The hostname which ran this authentication tool.

$obj->study()
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

$any->toDate( [$time] )
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->toInt()
    Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->version()
    The version of the 'Authentication-Results' header, which may be different from '1' (default) for successors of RFC7601.

  Other methods
Extends "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$any->dateToTimestamp(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field

  Internals
Extends "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->consume( $line | <$name,<$body|$objects>> )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

$any->decode(STRING, %options)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->defaultWrapLength( [$length] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->encode(STRING, %options)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$any->fold( $name, $body, [$maxchars] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->setWrapLength( [$length] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->stringifyData(STRING|ARRAY|$objects)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

$obj->unfold(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

  Parsing
Extends "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$any->consumeComment(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->consumeDotAtom(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$any->consumePhrase(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->datum( [$value] )
    Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured

$obj->parse(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

$obj->produceBody()
    Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Message::Field::Full

  Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->AUTOLOAD()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

  Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

$obj->DESTROY()
    Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DETAILS
Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Message::Field::Structured.

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: class $package does not implement method $method.
    Fatal error: the specific $package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package. Cast by notImplemented()

Warning: field content is not numerical: $content
    The numeric value of a field is requested (for instance the "Lines" or "Content-Length" fields should be numerical), however the data contains weird characters. Cast by toInt()

Error: field name too long (max $count), in '$name'.
    It is not specified in the RFCs how long a field name can be, but at least it should be a few characters shorter than the line wrap. Cast by fold()

Warning: illegal character in charset '$name'.
    The field is created with an utf8 string which only contains data from the specified character set. However, that character set can never be a valid name because it contains characters which are not permitted. Cast by encode()

Warning: illegal character in field name $name.
    A new field is being created which does contain characters not permitted by the RFCs. Using this field in messages may break other e-mail clients or transfer agents, and therefore mutulate or extinguish your message. Cast by consume()

Warning: illegal character in language '$name'.
    The field is created with data which is specified to be in a certain language, however, the name of the language cannot be valid: it contains characters which are not permitted by the RFCs. Cast by encode()

Warning: illegal encoding '$name', using 'q'.
    The RFCs only permit base64 ("b " or "B ") or quoted-printable ("q" or "Q") encoding. Other than these four options are illegal. Cast by encode()

Error: no attributes for Authentication-Results.
    Is is not possible to add attributes to this field. Cast by addAttribute()

SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Message version 4.03, built on January 26, 2026. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE
For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2026 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.