Publishers must do their own authentication of users and their own e-commerce outside the Apple interface, to make the program work.

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This is essentially an authentication scheme that tries to ensure that e-mail messages come from the place that they say they do.

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Remember, the purpose of the payments query that a merchant initiates when you try to pay for something, whether on-line or in-store, is authentication, i.e.

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