[Asrg] Re: Subgroup on reputation and accreditation

[Philip Miller <millenix at zemos.net>]

Barclay, Robert wrote:
> You can count me in. Not to reignite debates that have led nowhere in the
> past but I would propose the following as starting points for definitions of
> accreditation and reputation services.
>
> Accreditation- statements made by a third party, on behalf of a sender, of
> facts that third party has in some way verified/validated about that sender.

Sounds pretty good to me.

> [snip comments on Accreditation]
>
> Reputation- statements made by a third party not necessarily related with
> either a sender or receiver, about the likely disposition of a sender's
> email, based on observed behaviors of that sender.

I think this one it overly specific, however. How about a statement of 
Reputation about an Accreditation service?

> I realize that neither of these are complete, but discussions in the past
> (both in this group and others) seem to show a great deal of confusion about
> these two topics, often due to terminology. In light of that, does these
> seem to be useful definitions? If so can they be enhanced to be more useful
> or descriptive?

They seem like a very good start.

Regards,
Philip Miller

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