[ietf-dkim] Use of DKIM signatures by mailing lists

[Steve Atkins]

On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:02 PM, John Levine wrote:

>> Mailing-list is a very broad term. Some of this is applicable to
>> general mailing lists, but it seems that most of it was written
>> with "discussion lists" in mind. Defining "mailing list" to mean
>> the same thing as "discussion list" for this document might
>> increase confusion rather than reduce it.
>
> I think that Jim and I both intended this discussion to cover  
> discussion
> lists, so how about pretending that it says discussion list  
> wherever it
> says mailing list?
>
> For broadcast lists, I don't think there are any particular DKIM  
> problems
> since the content either comes from the sender or the sender is an  
> agent
> of the author.

Yup. I'm more arguing against any definition of mailing list in the
document, really, especially one that contradicts one of the more
widely used usages. If you're in the intended audience then you'll
know it when you see it and any definition is not going to be useful
to you.

Cheers,
   Steve