> Why does the current specification allow the signer to specify an > arbitrary > value for l=, rather than requiring the value of l= to be the actual > length > of the message body at the time the message is signed?
How could a verifier tell any different, thus making non-compliance detectable? The best we could do is say SHOULD there. But maybe that's not a bad idea. _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html