RE: [ietf-dkim] A more fundamental SSP axiom

Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Wed, 02 August 2006 21:29 UTC

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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:26:41 -0700
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From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
Subject: RE: [ietf-dkim] A more fundamental SSP axiom
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At 2:37 PM -0500 8/2/06, Arvel Hathcock wrote:
>  > We need more than that: we need a statement of how the receivers are
>>  expected by the senders to use it. If this is just "I wanted to tell
>>  you what I want" with no expectation of how that information will be
>>  used, it's just bluster.
>
>Paul,  I may be misunderstanding but does communicating an 
>"expectation of how that information will be used" mean saying 
>things like "delete the message", "refuse the message", "negatively 
>score the message", etc?

Yes. (Well, most likely only the last one, and even then, we might 
need to be more specific about what "score" means.)

>That sounds fairly close to trying to dictate receiver action.

Exactly. Which is why I am skeptical of what many people are saying 
are "requirements".
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