Re: dkimf_libstatus() xcode

From: Murray S. Kucherawy <msk_at_blackops.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:58:27 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, SM wrote:
> The are two types of failures in dkimf_libstatus() called by opendkim.c,
> one is temporary and the other permanent. Currently, we use "4.7.0" as
> the xcode. We can distinguish between the different cases to inform the
> signer of the problem by changing the xcode for DKIM_STAT_KEYFAIL and
> DKIM_STAT_NOKEY to "4.7.5". That's what RFC 4871 says.

True enough. Do you want to patch it in CVS?

> The above is meant for discussion. Although MTAs are supposed to handle
> the status codes gracefully, we may have to backtrack on this proposal
> if it causes interoperability issues.

I think you give the community a lot of credit by thinking it might have
that detailed an MTA implementation of DKIM at this point. :)

-MSK
Received on Thu Aug 27 2009 - 15:58:41 PST