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Re: [ietf-dkim] forward movement, please? (was RE: Are lookalike domains like parent domains?)

2008-05-01 06:18:00
Dave Crocker wrote:

Having the ADSP specification include normative text that calls for 
validating 
the From field domain name does two things:

1. Couples an entirely separate and more generally useful mechanism (checking 
domain name validity) to one that is considerably more limited (ADSP).
  

I could easily put this another way: we are making use of a DNS 
facility.  "Coupling" usually implies some sort of bidirectional 
dependency.  There is none here.
2. Modifies SMTP.  (Yes, really.)

Having non-normative text that describes it serves to promote the idea but 
not 
couple it with the fate of ADSP.
  

Perhaps so, but since everyone has agreed this is a good idea, what is 
the harm?

Eliot

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