[mail-vet-discuss] Degrading DKIM "fail" to "neutral" (was Re: Last Call: ...)

[SM]

At 13:20 02-12-2008, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>A general question: Is it appropriate for this draft to assist directly
>in the enforcement of a normative SHOULD from other drafts?

No.

>One response I got to some queries about this issue went as far as
>saying verifiers SHOULD NOT degrade "fail" to "neutral" despite this
>concern, thereby limiting that action only to well-considered local
>policy decisions.

It's called local policy for a reason.  In practice, it's not always 
well-considered.  You can have guidance about what the operator could 
consider in making the decision.  However, a normative SHOULD doesn't 
belong in such a discussion as it's dictating local policy then.

Regards,
-sm