Re: [dmarc-ietf] Proposed text for p=reject and indirect mail flows

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Wed, 29 March 2023 18:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] Proposed text for p=reject and indirect mail flows
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On Wed 29/Mar/2023 15:25:19 +0200 Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 8:59 PM Douglas Foster wrote:
> 
>> MUST seems to take us back to the unfinished debate of 3 years ago, where 
>> some asserted that DMARC did more harm than good and should only be used 
>> for transactional mail, which seemed to mean PayPal and not much else.
>
> Have we concluded that DMARC (or "reject" in particular) is now appropriate 
> for use with non-transactional mail?


Not yet.

Anyway, receiver-side forwarding (with possible footer additions e.g. by 
anti-virus) make the transactional vs. human distinction not so much significant.


Best
Ale
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