Re: [dmarc-ietf] ARC vs reject

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 05 December 2020 23:11 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] ARC vs reject
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In article <dd59f2f3-b17e-6c2b-f756-7dcad2702fd9@mtcc.com> you write:
>If ARC is advocating for a bypass of p=reject that introduces a new 
>state. If my policy is reject, I want you to reject the mail. If I want 
>you to reject the mail unless you think it has come from an acceptable 
>place with receipts, then you need a new policy tag like 
>reject-except-valid-arc.

Other people will have to speak for themselves but on my system

a) I don't believe you.

2) I don't care.

I think you will find this reaction pretty common.

I see lots of mail going through my system like the stuff I described
for the town clerk. It is obvious who it is intended for, the only way
to deliver it to that recipient is to forward it, and if the DMARC
policy says not to do that, the policy is wrong. I don't even need ARC
for that, although ARC can be useful for mail that takes indirect
routes for the mailing lists they subscribe to.

You can say, no I am smarter than those guys and I REALLY REALLY mean
it, but see 2) above.

R's,
John