If the author creates the subject matter he is responsible whether knowingly or not. thanks
Bill Oxley Messaging Engineer Cox Communications, Inc. Alpharetta GA 404-847-6397 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SM Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator Hi Dave, At 12:09 16-03-2006, Dave Crocker wrote: >For the purposes of discussing accountability, email creation, >distribution, and consumption can be discussed in the terms used for >creation, distribution and consumption of books and the like. > >Therefore... > > >Author: > > Responsible for creating the message content. As this discussion is about accountability, I suggest removing the "responsible" part from that line. The author creates the message content. >Publisher: > > Responsible for some degree of author and/or content > "approval" and for injecting the content into the Internet Mail service. As we move down the distribution chain, we find that the publisher may be identified as the responsible party as he/she can, to some degree, do content "approval" and identify the author. Regards, -sm _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
