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

[Michael Thomas <[e-mail]>]

John L wrote:

>> I think a more fundamental question is who the consumers of SSP 
>> information
>> are.  I think that everybody agrees that DKIM receivers are an important
>> constituent, but are they the only ones? It doesn't seem very hard to 
>> envision other consumers.
>
>
> Usage scenarios would be very helpful.  As Dave noted, if people can 
> throw stuff into a protocol because it might be useful for something 
> nobody actually plans to do, you end up with terminal bloat.

Please don't shoot the messanger: I'm just asking. It's a fairly common 
occurrance
that a successful protocol will have many more uses/consumers than was 
originally envisioned.
Especially in the case of spam, it's not very clear what the mutations 
will be so it's
worth questioning, IMO.

          Mike
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