On Jul 28, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:
John L wrote:
It may well be true that you only sign third party mail, but I
still don't understand what use a recipient might make of that
information.
John,
This is about policy related to the OA and not the signer. The OA
could indicate that they never sign for themselves. This information
would allow rejection of bogus and invalid signatures. Perhaps this
domain signs for others, but that is not germane to OA policy.)
Consider what I believe Y! does in their MUA: if it's got a valid
signature from isp.com with a From: foo(_at_)customer(_dot_)com, it doesn't
get a nice little message saying that Y! believe it came from
customer.com. Thus the outsourced mail will not be treated on a par
with mail signed on behalf of the domain.
Mike,
Agreed. One gets what they pay for so to speak. Being able to
associate a foreign From with the signing domain should improve
acceptance and provide a commensurate reduction in related support
calls however.
-Doug
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