Re: [dmarc-ietf] DMARCbis WGLC - Issue 141 DMARC and What To Say About SPF -all

Neil Anuskiewicz <neil@marmot-tech.com> Sun, 07 April 2024 12:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] DMARCbis WGLC - Issue 141 DMARC and What To Say About SPF -all
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Forgive me if this a dumb idea but, Scott and others, any discussion of just deprecating SPF hardfail at some point?

> On Apr 6, 2024, at 1:40 PM, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
> 
> It appears that Scott Kitterman  <sklist@kitterman.com> said:
>> I hear you.  Your operational issue is my system working as designed.  DMARC
>> works on top of SPF, it doesn't change it.  
>> 
>> Anything like this belongs in an operational guidance document, not in the
>> protocol description.  I have no problem describing the trade offs in an
>> appropriate document, but I don't think this is it.
> 
> I agree.  "Don't do stupid stuff" goes in an A/S, not in the spec.
> 
> I entirely believe people are confused about SPF, but they're confused
> about everything. A few days ago on the generally clueful NANOG list
> we had to explain to someone that rejecting mail if DKIM signatures
> don't verify is not a good idea.
> 
> R's,
> John
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