[ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by firstAuthor breaks email semantics

[Dave Crocker]

Michael Thomas wrote:
> Dave Crocker wrote:
>> Michael Thomas wrote:
>>>> What is an "SSP client"?
>>>
>>> Something that initiates the SSP protocol.
>>
>> So, the sysadmin who creates the SSP DNS record?
>>
>> How does this relate to the original reference to an MUA?
> 
> Dave, this is hardly rocket science. Is an SMTP client similarly
> confusing?


Mike, you are missing some rather basic differences.

SMTP defines the construct of 'client' explicitly.  SSP does not.

In addition, SMTP is a real-time exchange protocol and SSP is not. For that 
matter, SSP is a very unusual style of "protocol" and so the client-server 
construct does not have obvious application.  I don't mean it can't be applied 
but, as I said, the application isn't obvious.

In any event, I'm still not seeing how any of this relates to the original 
reference to an MUA.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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