Re: [exim] support for domainkeys

Dean Brooks wrote:

>
> Nobody has to buy a SSL cert if they dont want to. They simply use
> their ISP's mail server, which is almost assuredly a better choice
> anyway for most smaller organizations. If an organization, for whatever
> reason, wants to run their own mail server, then they simply make a
> cost/benefit decision to see whether it's worth the price to take on the
> responsibility of connecting to the public mail infrastructure.

That is complete and utter bumf. How is using an ISP's mailserver going
to save money for smaller businesses. Some ISP's, (and I don't know
whether this is U.K specific), charge an arm and a leg if you want to use
your own domain name on outgoing mail. Businesses get taken for a ride by
some ISP's.

>
> It's natural for people to object to fee-based certification or having
> registration authorities, but this problem has to be solved and people
> need to realize that in the "real world", it will be the ONLY effective
> way to eventually solve this problem.

That's because they cost an arm and a leg, and generally achieve zilch.

>
> Nobody would be forced to buy a cert for their mail server, but if they
> want to communicate with the participating ISPs, they would have to
> pay to play.

Again, complete and utter bumf. It may create a 'boys club' of mail
systems interacting merrily with each other, but that definitely is not
living in the 'real world', as you say.

An accepted and generally adopted system has to have the latter virtues.
Acceptance and general adoption.

Matt