On August 13, 2005 at 20:23, Keith Moore wrote: > People using snail mail have little or no trouble understanding the > difference between the name and address on the outside of the paper > envelope, the name and addresss at the top of the letter, and the name > of the person who signs the letter. Each of these names/addresses > serves different purposes which are easily understood. Email is no > different, and no more difficult to understand.
I basically agree with your points, but unfortunately the analogy between email and snail mail breaks down in some places. For example, in snail mail, people actually see the envelope. In email, they do not. So care must be taken when comparing the two. > Existing email user agents might blur the distinction between these, but > this is a user interface problem rather than a protocol problem. And > user interfaces _will_ have to adapt to take advantage of email > authentication, because email authentication creates new conditions that > users will need to be able to distinguish from existing conditions. Agreed. MUA support will be critical for any authentication system to work successfully in the long term. --ewh _______________________________________________ ietf-dkim mailing list [email protected] http://mipassoc.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-dkim
