[ietf-dkim] ISSUE: dkim-overview -- normative statements

[Dave Crocker]

Eliot Lear wrote:
> An overview is not the place for normative statements.  Can we discuss 
> this in person in Chicago?


Eliot, et al,

I think your response highlights the dilemma:  There is the title (and the 
original intent) and there is (possibly) a different reality to the current 
content.  On the theory that the current content is, in fact, useful, 
something needs to be reconciled.

That's why I noted that the content has moved more towards an integrated 
system-level (or service-level) description of DKIM.

Take a look over the document for the various must/should/may language and 
note that much of it seems like reasonable directives to folks seeking to 
integrate a DKIM service component into their email software and operations.

That might well qualify as a service specification, along the lines that the 
IETF frequently publishes as standards-track.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net