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

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net> Wed, 02 August 2006 19:12 UTC

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Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:11:18 -0700
From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net>
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Bill.Oxley@cox.com wrote:
> Dave,
> As a receiver I would like to know who sent the message, who signed the
> message 

These two statements are relatively precise and well understood.


> ...and any further information that might allow me to assign a spam
> score accurately for further edge processing.

However this one is not.

What we need, now, are precise functional statements about specific pieces of
information that Receivers are highly likely to want to use.

The more general the statement, the less useful it is for a specification effort.

d/

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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
  bbiw.net
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