Re: [dmarc-ietf] DMARCbis issue: Separating reporting and policy

[Dave Crocker <[e-mail]>]

On 5/24/2019 10:35 AM, Jim Fenton wrote:
> I hope this isn't devolving into a "we can't make any changes, because
> it might break something" argument.

We are quite a long ways from that.  In fact we are in the "please make 
a case for their being a serious problem that needs fixing" argument, 
combined with the "please explain how the proposed solution will fix the 
serious problem" argument.


> 1. When an MTA product says that it "supports DMARC", does that mean

That's a generic issue that applies to many circumstances.  And since 
there is no standard meaning for "supports x", it has marketing utility, 
not technical.  That's not going to get fixed in this wg.


> that it has to support both policy and reporting? RFC 7489 Section 8

There are multiple opportunities for ambiguity.  Another is:  Does it 
mean publishing or interpreting?

Splitting the documents doesn't solve any of this.


> 2. Along similar lines, I get confused when I hear that x% of {some set
> of domains} has "deployed DMARC". What does that mean? Have they

Ultimately, you are asking marketing questions, not technical ones.

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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