DKIM Deployment

[Leif Johansson <>]

On Wednesday 19 November 2008 21:34:43 Jesse Thompson wrote:
> Leif Johansson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 18 November 2008 19:50:43 Jesse Thompson wrote:
> >>  Indicate to the end-user that the message is DKIM signed, even if the
> >> reputation of the sender isn't verified.
> >
> > So I'm wondering how to express the value to the end-user, i.e what is it
> > the end-user gets out of an indication that the email was signed if the
> > sender reputation isn't known?
>
> Well, it's no different than PGP or S/MIME signing in that regard.  It
> just lets the user know that the domain isn't forged.  They'd have to
> make their own decision as to whether the domain is trustworthy.
>
> Jesse

How about this:

Email users want a clear indication that the sender domain was not forged in 
order to detect phising attempts.

        Cheers Leif

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