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[ILUG] opinions on DKIM

[ILUG] opinions on DKIM

paul at clubi.ie paul at clubi.ie
Wed Apr 25 21:27:26 IST 2007


Oops, I can't even tie my own arguments together:

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, paul at clubi.ie wrote:

> Arg: The "Use false-advertising to generate hype" slight of hand. DKIM will 
> have /no/ effect on spam at all. Most spam will have *valid* DKIM signatures, 
> if DKIM is widely checked, just as most today most valid SPF mail is spam.

>> Because then the message is already delivered. I don't want my slow Eircom 
>> DSL link filled with thousands of messages that are not real.
>
> Then you have the problem of co-ordinating policy between user and provider.

And of course, given first argument, you'll /still/ be getting those 
thousands of emails. But now you have that state co-ordination 
problem on top of it.

Yay!

regards,
-- 
Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
Fortune:
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
 		-- Francis Bacon



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