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Re: [dmarc-ietf] making mail not work for your users, was the endless mailing list silliness

"J. Gomez" <jgomez@seryrich.com> Wed, 17 April 2013 20:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] making mail not work for your users, was the endless mailing list silliness
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On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:39 PM [GMT+1=CET], John Levine wrote:

> Perhaps we could try and think more clearly about providing service to
> actual mail users and less about hypothetical spoofing attacks on
> people who are not plausible spoof targets.

It's pretty clear by now that DMARC is not about protecting actual email users, but about protecting big brands from email spoofing their brand.

Regards,

J. Gomez

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