[Sending this from my home domain that publishes dkim=all ADSP. All 
those domains that are dropping messages that fail dkim=all probably 
aren't interested in this message anyway :-) ]

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.
>>>>         
[Mike Thomas wrote]
>>> 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.
>>>       
+1

[John Levine wrote]
>> 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.
>>     
I'm (obviously) not as much of a fatalist when it comes using dkim=all. 
I believe there are things that one can usefully do, such as to "raise 
the bar" on content filtering, if a message fails a dkim=all ADSP. Yes, 
a lot of people are looking for ADSP to be a magic litmus test, just as 
there are domains that drop messages based on SPF softfail. These 
domains need counseling.
>
>
> Folks,
>
> To claim that one signs all mail is to imply that anyone receiving mail from 
> them should see a valid signature.
>   

Hardly. I thought that it was you that was making the point all this 
time that all SSP/ADSP could do is describe the sender's practices, and 
could not imply receipt of a valid signature.

> 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.
>
> 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.
>   

Depends on what "hostile prejudice" means. If it means using other 
filtering measures more rigorously, I'm fine with that.

-Jim

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