accept, deny, or other delivery decisions (was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP= FAILURE DETECTION)

[Steve Atkins]

On Sep 11, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Hector Santos wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Otis" <dotis at mail-abuse.org>
>
>>> - Inconsistent results.
>>
>> Either the signature is valid or it is not.  This does not depend
>> upon policy
>> ...
>> Can you be a bit more specific about what do you mean by
>> inconsistent  results?
>
> I was referrering to the "Dark Secret" model that Mr. Falk and Mr.  
> Akins was
> thinking about such as:
>
>     Result = DKIM-BASE + REPUTATION
>
> This has the potential to be different depending on which receiver  
> and its
> non-standard reputation layer.

You seem to be deeply confused as to what "reputation" is. Every
receiving MTA, and possibly every recipient will have a different
view of a signers reputation.

Given that, expecting everyone to have exactly the same result
when they apply their reputation model to an email that's authenticated
from a given author is obviously nonsensical.

Cheers,
   Steve