[Mailman-Developers] dkim-signature headers

Joe Peterson joe at skyrush.com
Wed Feb 7 17:49:46 CET 2007


Barry Warsaw wrote:
> 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.  The reasoning being that all the  
> outbound Mailman traffic will be ultimately delivered by an MTA under  
> the site admin's control.  Either they have a milter that refuses to  
> resign or they have a working milter.  If their milter doesn't  
> resign, then less harm is done by stripping the header.  If their  
> milter does resign, then less harm is done by allowing it to resign,  
> even if Mailman has broken the original signature.

Yes!  I think this is indeed the right solution.  I also tend to agree
with Bob that the default ought to be to strip DKIM headers, as
DKIM-aware admins would know what this variable is about, but admins who
know nothing about DKIM probably will not have re-signing implemented.

					-Joe


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