[opendmarc-users] SPF and DKIM alignment when no policy

[Murray S. Kucherawy]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Davide Migliavacca wrote:
> I understand to all practical effect it makes little sense to evaluate
> alignment when a policy is not there.
>
> However, after some reasoning I tend to believe
> opendmarc_get_policy_to_enforce should perform its side effects all
> the same - for consistency - and return later, since the alignment
> involves SPF and DKIM, not the DMARC record.
>
> Am I missing something here?

Perhaps I am.  What is the goal of evaluating a message for alignment when 
no DMARC policy is published?  The DMARC draft doesn't specify a default 
policy to be applied in the absence of a published policy.  By my read, 
the absence of a policy implies no DMARC-specific action is to be taken.

-MSK