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Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-10 21:16:55


John R Levine wrote:
Without t= we have no idea when a message was signed, since there's no
particular reason that the Date: header has to contain the current date,
or even that there be one.


And -- just to quibble a bit, but in a *nice* way -- it would not matter even if it did contain the "current" date.

The Date field specifies the time of posting.

Signing might take place at any time after that (or even before that.)

d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
<http://bbiw.net>
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