[ietf-dkim] Issue 1530 - exception

[Dave Crocker]

Bill,

Bill.Oxley at cox.com wrote:
> The word denotes failure of a rule 
> in rule based systems you have a decision tree with EITHER pattern match OR exception to pattern match
> SSP at a glance appears to be a rule based policy engine. Exception as opposed to Suspicious emphasizes that.
> Receivers can base their policy on SSP in a similar manner.

Your definition of exception is a bit more constrained than called for within 
the profession:

   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_handling>

   <http://www.answers.com/topic/exception-handling?cat=technology>


> Suspicious is a description of an exception that may or may not be accurate.
> thanks,


Suspicious is not so much a "description" as a quality opinion.

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net