On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM Wei Chuang <weihaw=
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> This proposes a third flag to control the DMARC RFC9989 alignment
> validation behavior.  By default it is always applied at each hop
> corresponding to some DKIM2 signature, however if the "unaligned" flag is
> published, then no DMARC alignment validation is applied on.  Alignment
> implies "ownership" of the message, as the payload From address is updated
> to be an aligned sender.  When "unaligned"  is set on the i=1 DKIM2
> signature, this may be used when the message originated elsewhere as a
> "DKIM1" message but entered into the DKIM2 system at the i=1 DKIM2 signer,
> and the i=1 signer declines to take "ownership" of that message.
>
>
>
Unless and until there's an updated RFC 9989 published that acknowledges
DKIM2 as an Authenticated Identifier, there is no world where DMARC
alignment validation is applied corresponding to a DKIM2 signature.

Prior to such an update, anyone can do any alignment checks they wish, but
those alignment checks are not DMARC alignment checks.

-- 
Todd
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