--On 30 April 2010 08:48:44 -0700 "Murray S. Kucherawy" <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:ietf-dkim-
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Macdonald
>> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:32 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists
>> should strip DKIM signatures
>>
>> Perhaps poorly chosen words. But I think most understood the intent.
>> I'm willing to go from a world where any system can use my From to one
>> where only the systems I say can. And that means changes.
>
> It has been pointed out that MLM implementers have even more inertia than
> your average MTA implementer.  Although many header fields have been
> invented specifically for the purpose of aiding list management (your
> List-Id: and List-Unsubscribe:, not to mention Sender:), their adoption
> has not exactly been universal.
>
> So you might be gung ho for big changes that will make things better, but
> we need to accept the fact that a substantial portion of the installed
> base won't change, at least not soon, and we can't ignore them.  Any BCP
> we produce will have to take that into account.
>

That's fine. "Best Current Practice", except when "Best" is redundant, is 
not universal.

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Ian Eiloart
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