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

"John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Thu, 08 February 2018 15:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?
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> "v=1" doesn't have to come first.  It just usually does.  I think there was
> a version of RFC4871 that did that, but then when challenged we couldn't
> come up with a good reason to keep it that way.

I wonder how many DKIM libraries will accept a signature where it doesn't.

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