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Re: [ietf-822] don't need a permission to re-sign header

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 22 April 2014 23:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-822] don't need a permission to re-sign header
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>> I've said for years that lists should sign
>> their mail with their own DKIM keys, and recipients should look at
>> those list signatures to filter the mail.
>
> I'm not even sure that's necessary, but of course it can't hurt. Indeed, right
> now, with the exception of IETF lists, having a signature makes the odds it's
> spam more, not less, likely.

I think that depends on your mail stream.  Google signs all their mail 
including gmail and hosted domains, and that's a big chunk of the mail I 
get.  Yahoo signs all theirs, too.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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