On Sep 14, 2010, at 9:31 AM, MH Michael Hammer (5304) wrote:

> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:ietf-dkim-
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of John R. Levine
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:18 AM
>> To: Ian Eiloart
>> Cc: DKIM
>> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-02 review
>> 
>>> There are all sorts of reasons for publishing ADSP=discarable, from
> "the
>>> domain isn't used to send email" (analagous to "spf -all")
>> 
>> Quite right, in which case I hope you'll agree that throwing mail away
> is
>> exactly the right thing to do.
>> 
>>> to "our domain is widely spoofed (because of its sensitive nature),
> and
>>> we absolutely do sign all our email".
>> 
>> That would be dkim=all, not dkim=discardable.
>> 
>> As I keep saying over and over, discardable really means discardable:
> if
>> in doubt, throw it away.  It does NOT, repeat NOT, mean high value
> mail.
>> It means low value mail.
>> 
> 
> -1
> 
> It does not mean low value mail and I don't think you will find a
> sending mplementing dkim=discardable that would agree with you. In the
> case of the domain actually sending mail, what is being said is that the
> risk of phishing/badness/abuse is great enough that when in doubt,
> discard it if it fails to validate or does not have a signature. This is
> significantly different than "it means low value mail".
> 
> Mike

I agree with Mike's assessment.

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