Re: [dispatch] draft-levine-herkula-oneclick, additional security consideration

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Thu, 01 December 2016 14:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dispatch] draft-levine-herkula-oneclick, additional security consideration
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>unsubscribe button (in the dialogue box that could pop up if the user 
>clicked This is Spam), they established three criteria:
>
>  * that a List-Unsubscribe: header was present
>  * that the message authenticated, and
>  * that the sender was in good standing in terms of its complaint rate.
>
>It may be argued, with some strength, that the third item really makes 
>no difference, but it would appear to be a relevant consideration to 
>address in Security Considerations, and perhaps an option to suggest.

That's a policy issue.  Some mailers care, some don't.

R's,
John