On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 5:43 PM Kurt Andersen (b) <kb...@drkurt.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 2:33 PM Doug Foster <fosterd= > 40bayviewphysicians....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote: > >> The current DMARC architecture supports authorizing a vendor to mail on >> behalf of their clients if the client includes them in their SPF policy or >> delegates a DKIM scope to them and they use it. >> >> >> >> I agree that SPF is too limiting (including hard limits on complexity), >> and DKIM is too complex for an uncooperative vendor. >> >> >> >> In most cases, a solution would be a controlled third-party signature >> authorization along the lines of RFC 6541. >> >> The client would configure the authorization in his own DNS and the and >> the vendor would only need to sign with their own DKIM signature. >> > > If "DKIM is too complex for [this] uncooperative vendor", why would having > the "vendor...sign with...DKIM" be workable? > Wrong answer. If the vendor is uncooperative then fire the vendor. 4-5 years ago it was difficult to find vendors who were willing to deal with DKIM and able to do a good job in implementing. The common mantra was "how does this fit into my business model". These days I would consider it table stakes. Michael Hammer > >
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