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Re: [ietf-smtp] DKIM and DMARC, Email explained from first principles

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Tue, 25 May 2021 01:42 UTC

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To: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>, ietf-smtp@ietf.org
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From: Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>
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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] DKIM and DMARC, Email explained from first principles
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On 5/24/2021 6:23 PM, John Levine wrote:
> For DKIM, the point is to have a reliable identifier for the message
> that is better than an IP address.

yup.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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