[ietf-dkim] NEW ISSUE: deprecate t=testing

[Michael Thomas]

Hopefully not adding to the noise, but I've seen about 5 people +1
my suggestion that t=testing should go.

	Mike

Jon Callas wrote:
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> On Dec 10, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:
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>> Frank Ellermann wrote:
>>> Michael Thomas wrote:
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>>>> Part of the problem is that "softfail" and "hardfail" don't make
>>>> much intuitive sense.
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>>> For SPF (and Sender ID) a SOFTFAIL is what SSP has as t-flag, and
>>> an Authentication-Results: hardfail is just a FAIL (for SPF etc.).
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>>> For receivers accepting "hardfail", not exactly the ideal course,
>>> but receivers are free to shoot into their own foot.  Aim higher.
>>>
>> Well, FWIW, I don't think that t=testing is at all helpful either.  
>> What,
>> for example, does p=strict, t=testing mean? It seems like a silly- 
>> state
>> to me and ripe for confusion. It's that sort of subjective state  
>> that we
>> should both learn from SPF and avoid.
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> +1