On 10/10/2009 10:12 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote:
>
>
>>>> People who contribute to mailing lists shouldn't say dkim=all.  We
>>>> argued this ad nauseam when we were hammering out ADSP, it shouldn't
>>>> come as a surprise to anyone.
>>> That is not true at all. They shouldn't be using discardable. "All" only
>>> says what the sender does, not what the receiver should expect.
>>
>> They certainly shouldn't be using discardable.  I would advise not using
>> all either, due to the observed tendency of people to pay way too much
>> attention to DKIM and ADSP failures.
>
>
> Folks,
>
> To claim that one signs all mail is to imply that anyone receiving mail from
> them should see a valid signature.

It most certainly does not.

> Mail sent through list servers invites the problem of receivers getting mail
> that does not have the promised valid signature, since intermediaries are
> re-posting the message and are free to make whatever changes they see fit.

"All" doesn't "promise" anything of the sort.

> Hence, saying -all for mail that goes through intermediaries which might 
> affect
> the signature is inviting receivers to treat the received mail with hostile
> prejudice.

It certainly doesn't help when one of the authors of the document
doesn't know what "all" means.

Mike
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