From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 17:13:41 CDT

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On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:53:31PM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 11:36:27PM +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:
> >...
> >how is your experience about domain keys, can anybody tell a little bit
> >how much spam would it stop ....
>
> I've not used it, but a colleague who has some involvement in the
> process of drafting the spec informed me (when I showed him your note):
>
> * Domain Keys is not designed to stop spam.
>
> * It may help stop "phishing" attacks.

Not alone, it is merely a foundation on which new MUA and gateway
features will be built that should facilitate distinguishing some
fraudulent mail from the real thing.

> * Under certain specialized situations, it *may* assist with
> "whitelisting" certain sources of email.

This is the primary feature today.

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