[Mailman-Developers] New RFC on using DKIM with MLMs

[Murray S. Kucherawy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailman-developers-bounces+msk=cloudmark.com at python.org
> [mailto:mailman-developers-bounces+msk=cloudmark.com at python.org] On
> Behalf Of Stephen J. Turnbull
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:04 AM
> To: Patrick Ben Koetter
> Cc: mailman-developers at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Developers] New RFC on using DKIM with MLMs
> 
> Patrick Ben Koetter writes:
> 
>  > Is it possible to register a prefix (namespace) such as mailman-. Anything
>  > below would be mailman related. Stupid idea?
> 
> Very plausible, but I suspect there are good reasons not to allow it
> in the RFC 822/1036 messaging series.  In any case, no, it's not
> possible.
> 
> There is a way to do it in other namespaces though, eg, in MIME media
> types you have the vnd.* space.

I agree.  The best you could do is just claim the "Mailman-*" space de facto by starting to use it, and then start registering the ones that appear to be useful and popular.