Doug Otis wrote:

> On 10/14/09 10:51 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote:


>> All of which begs the basic question of why this thread is being pursued?  
>> The
>> questions and answers aren't new.
> 
> Good question.
> 
> While email reputation has managed to retain a semblance of email 
> functionality, this often results in more than 90% of the email stream 
> being refused.  These refusals are often based upon the reputation of 
> the IP address used by SMTP clients.
> 
> DKIM offers an opportunity to leverage names as a mechanism for 
> acceptance and to authorize third-party domains that might act on behalf 
> of the Author Domain without formal arrangements.  The authorization 
> could be done in a safe and economical manner to allow Author Domains a 
> means to benefit from the other domains reputation and services, and to 
> better ensure messages are accepted.

+1.

However, I think the answer is Dave is seeking is evidence of problems 
which in his mind because RFC 5617 is only a standard by name and not 
supported by anyone, there is no problem.   I guess that is only 
possible if indeed RFC 5617 will never be used by anyone.

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