[ietf-dkim] SSP and mailing lists

[Steve Atkins]

On Sep 11, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Hector Santos wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wayne" <wayne at schlitt.net>
> To: "IETF DKIM WG" <ietf-dkim at mipassoc.org>
>
>> 3) When a customer gives you an email address to use, send
>>    a test email to them to verify that it is valid.  To
>>    activate, make them either forward the email back or have
>>    them cut and paste it into a web form, very similar to how
>>    spamcop has dealt with the  mailhost" configuration stuff
>>    for several years now.
>
> +1
>
> I predict high value companies investing in DKIM will eventually  
> see the
> need to establish a company policy of checking new customer email  
> addresss
> for security and/or DKIM readiness.
>
> I can see that now being added to our list server product during the
> subscriber process so that the owner doe not get embroiled in damaging
> signatures, thus helping the domain protect themselves.

I'm hearing what sounds like a lot of FUD. Could you expand on
the details of what you perceive as a "damaging signature"?

Cheers,
   Steve