> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave CROCKER [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 12:28 PM > To: MH Michael Hammer (5304) > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Updated implementation report > > > > On 9/29/2010 4:09 PM, MH Michael Hammer (5304) wrote: > > This isn't particularly surprising to me. I've always believed there is > > a significantly higher value for 1st party signing compared to 3rd > > party. The value proposition has always seemed to be much more > > compelling to me. > > > You automatically jump to the conclusion that a dominance in a statistic > means > higher importance. > > There are far more people who are in the "average" range of intelligence > than > there are who have an IQ over 140. Are the people with higher IQs less > important? > > In an average audience of 100, I usually found that roughly 3 people had > had > their house broken into. Since breakins are so rare, does this mean that > locking your door really isn't necessary? (The other side of that > question is > that burglars seem to be able to get into a house if they wish, and does > this > mean that locking your door really isn't effective?) > > The nature of statistical analysis inherently constraints their actual > meaning. > Let's be careful not to go outside those constraints. > >
You misinterpret what I wrote (or perhaps I wasn't clear enough) or intended to write. What I was trying to communicate is that the value proposition for DKIM signing appears (At least to me) stronger for the owner/administrator of a given domain than it would be for a given 3rd party. As far as your example of intelligence, your question regarding "importance" is incomplete. Important to whom and in what context? Note, I didn't say that 3rd party signing was less important generally. What I wrote (or intended to write) was that my belief is that 1st party signing represents a higher value proposition to 1st party signers than 3rd party signing represents to 3rd party signers. For the most part, I have only heard a lot of interest from ESPs to jump in and do 3rd party signing. Their value proposition appears to be deliverability (and that is probably on the margin). Most of the 1st party signers I have spoken with are more focused on abuse issues. Mike _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
