Re: [Asrg] RFC5451 Re: who gets the report, was We really don't need

Ian Eiloart <iane@sussex.ac.uk> Wed, 10 February 2010 12:06 UTC

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--On 10 February 2010 09:06:13 +0100 Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> 
wrote:

> On 09/Feb/10 23:31, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>>>>  Could the MDA add a DKIM signature for the authentication results
>>>>  header?
>>>
>>>  Yes, it could. However, removal of the field on forwarding would then
>>>  break the signature.
>>
>> True, but you don't have to do that.
>
> But retention is only allowed for trusted internal MTAs.

Right, but the MDA is, by definition (a) not forwarding (it's putting a 
message into a mailstore) and (b) a trusted internal MTA. Isn't it?

I guess there's an issue if the user decides to forward the message.

Since the signature only covers the abuse field, it's not unreasonable to 
remove the dkim signature when removing the authentication results field.


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