[ietf-dkim] draft-ietf-dkim-ssp-02.txt Discardable/Exclusive

[SM]

At 09:14 24-02-2008, Hector Santos wrote:
>Pray tell,  are you aware this tells the MTA who are processing the 
>payload at the SMTP DATA state (not POST SMTP), to issue a 250 
>positive message accept response code with the true purpose of 
>silently discarding it?

Yes.

>So its more of a

At 09:23 24-02-2008, Hector Santos wrote:
>     PUBLIC ACCEPT notification
>     PRIVATE DISCARDING OF MAIL  (no notification)

>operational behavior?

Yes.

>Of course, this would also conflict the current direction of MTA of 
>doing more dynamic SMTP level analysis of mail by mandating a 
>DKIM/ASP design of delaying the payload analysis to POST SMTP.

If you mean DKIM/ASP verification, that can be done during the SMTP session.

Regards,
-sm