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Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-30 07:48:33
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:48 AM, John R. Levine <johnl(_at_)iecc(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
Could you explain what you mean by "forge" and "legitimate"?  You
appear to be saying that mailing lists are doing something sleazy and
illegitimate by doing what they've done for the past 40 years, which
seems implausible.

That is exactly what I'm saying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos

So, if I understand you correctly, when the AARP e-pends an address for me
and sends me spam, it's "legitimate" because they're spamming from their own
domain,

putting aside why they are sending you an email or how they got the
email address, in this case the message comes from AARP unmodified. It
is FROM AARP.

but when you get mail from the DKIM list you've signed up for it's
not.  Wow.

mail _from_ a mailing list is not the original message anymore.

I know this isn't a popular opinion. Just because something has been
done someway for 40 years doesn't make it right. Thus my link to
asbestos.




-- 
Jeff Macdonald
Ayer, MA

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