Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> Fri, 09 February 2018 00:49 UTC

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On 2/8/18 4:45 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 2/8/2018 4:42 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
>> Besides if you wanted to go from DKIM to EKIM, you'd be opening 
>> pandora's box imo.
>
>
> The pandora's box is creating an incompatible new version.  All the 
> rest is just engineering and operations tradeoffs.
>
Thankfully nobody's seriously talking about that from what i can tell, 
so this strikes me as so many angels on a pinhead.

Mike
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