Re: [dmarc-ietf] what to document about the tree walk

"John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Fri, 15 July 2022 18:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] what to document about the tree walk
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2022, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
> +1 from me too.  Note, though, that the (current) DNS is accidentally correct 
> most of the time, as far as our Tree Walk is concerned.

No, it's not an accident.  We designed the tree walk based on our 
knowledge of the way people publish DMARC records.

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