[Asrg] DKIM role?

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 19 November 2008 08:33:34 -0500 Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:16:22AM +1200, Franck Martin wrote:
>> but all MTA's send NDR, this is part of their role? or should we stop
>> that?
>
> The latter.  There's no point in sending a NDR in response to malware
> or spam (and many reasons not to).  Just reject it outright during
> the SMTP conversation, and let the sending system deal with that.

Agreed, but the OP's point was that such a reply (which may be unrelated to 
the message source or content) can be sent if you're sure the message was 
sent by the owner of the envelope sender - ie with a DKIM pass.

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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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