[ietf-dkim] suspicious and SUSPICIOUS

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 10:27, Bill.Oxley at cox.com wrote:
>  "A member of a mailing list needs to know two things:
>    a) did the message come via the mailing list?
>    b) was it sent to the mailing list by the purported "From"?"
>
> Why would anyone care about b? It is a mailing list which by nature is
> somewhat anonymous and self inclusive. Either a post matches proper list
> content or a moderator will boot the poster with or without warning.
> Thanks,

Well, as an example, a message saying:

"There are the following mistakes in the latest SSP draft:

1. ..
2. ..
3. .."

would have a very different meaning coming from me than from Jim Fenton.

Who is saying something is quite often relevant.

Scott K