dkim-ops
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [dkim-ops] DKIM + DNSSEC, advantages?

2011-05-18 00:44:18
reference online as to how the combination of DKIM + a DNSSEC validated
domain would impact our deliveries.

DKIM and DNSSEC on their own aren't likely to affect your deliverability at 
all.

The point of signing with DKIM is to help people recognize mail that is from 
you.  If they're delivering it without DKIM, they will continue to do so with 
DKIM.  If they don't deliver it, DKIM won't make any difference unless you also 
solve the underlying problem.  A few ISPs (notably Yahoo and the ISPs whose 
mail they handle) use DKIM signatures as the key for feedback loops, so if you 
sign, that will let you get FBL reports which you can use to ensure that you're 
sending mail only to happy recipients.

Unless your name is Paypal or Bank of America, the threats that DNSSEC 
addresses are largely hypothetical.  It certainly won't hurt to add DNSSEC, but 
I wouldn't expect it to make any practical difference any time soon.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl(_at_)iecc(_dot_)com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet 
for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
_______________________________________________
dkim-ops mailing list
dkim-ops(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org
http://mipassoc.org/mailman/listinfo/dkim-ops

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>