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Re: [ietf-dkim] Role of Sender header as signing domain

2006-11-29 04:10:30
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:15:21 -0000, Hector Santos <hsantos(_at_)santronics(_dot_)com> wrote:

Charles Lindsey wrote:

That is fair comment, but there seem to be an awful lot of people still discussing the Role of Sender (and even List-ID and Return-Path) as possible signing domains.

Why are you stuck on Sender?  It is not the author or owner of the
message and that is whats important in DKIM.

Usually, the Sender will be the same as (one of) the From(s), or at least will be from the same domain. But in the few cases where it is not the MSA, which is where the signing is likely to be done, will probably be more familiar with the Sender, and able to vouch for him, than with the From. In other situations, it might be the List-Post rather than the Sender.

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