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Re: [ietf-smtp] DKIM andsmtp extension model (was: Re: [Proposal] confusing parts of the mail system, was 250-MARKDOWN)

2019-02-01 05:31:43
On Friday 1 February 2019 09:01:11 CET, Ned Freed wrote:
The situation with headers is different - the
relaxed case is easy to implement and gets mesages past certain
transformations that otherwise would break the signature.

I'll second that.

The relaxed header spec us a nicely done compromise that preserves a large part of the value of the signature and is robust against a large part of the shit that happens in transmission. Not perfect on either count, but enough to be a net positive. The people who wrote the spec have good reason to be proud.

Arnt

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