On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:42:10 -0000, Murray S. Kucherawy <msk(_at_)sendmail(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Charles Lindsey wrote:
I might not go as SHOULD, but certainly the practice should be
encouraged in suitable cases. These include
1. where the mail is to be sent further using SMTP (whether within the
final delivery boundary or not - note that such boundaries are not
always clearly recignised, even within their supposed borders).
Does this draft need to say "to protect this header, you should sign
it"? That seems to be something generally true and not specific to this
proposal.
Yes, I think it needs to say something of the sort. But not necessarily as
strong as a SHOULD (it is just a sensible practice that should be
mentioned and encouraged),
But, as a corollarly, it should be stated that these headers SHOULD NOT
be removed at boundaries in cases where they are covered by such a
signature (I probably mean a signature that verifies correctly).
The final paragraph of "Removing The Header Field" discusses that issue
already, though not in a normative sense. Is that really necessary?
Yes, the wording of that paragraph seems to cover my point.
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