[Mailman-Developers] dkim-signature headers

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Feb 7, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Barry Warsaw writes:
>
>> What should MM2.1 do now?  Here's a proposal for 2.1.10: Add an
>> mm_cfg.py variable that controls whether DKIM headers are stripped or
>> not.  I think Mark suggested that this should be a site-wide
>> variable, and I tend to agree.
>
> I've expressed my reservations regarding list-specific issues like
> internationalization (especially random 7<->8 bit transformation), but
> on the one hand we don't have any practical experience showing it's
> needed, and on the other hand turning site-wide Mailman options into
> list-specific options is well-understood.  Ie, it's a YAGNI until
> proven otherwise.

Agreed.  I do think the effects of stripping vs. non-stripping may be  
felt on a per-list and per-user basis, but let's do the simplest  
thing possible now and see what happens.

> What about the default?  My strong inclination is don't strip, and
> word the docstring to discourage stripping.

Good question.  Let's take an informal poll.

Should we strip DKIM by default or not?
- -Barry

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