Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC problem

[Seth Johnson <[e-mail]>]

They're forcing adoption -- while folks have not been addressing this piece
of the inter-governmental frame.  :-)


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Miles Fidelman <[e-mail]
> wrote:

> Dave Crocker wrote:
>
>> On 4/14/2014 6:45 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>
>>> I thought that standard operating procedure in the IT industry
>>> was: if you roll something out and it causes serious breakage to
>>> some of your users, you roll it back as soon as possible.
>>>
>>> Why hasn't Yahoo rolled back its 'reject' policy by now?
>>>
>>
>>
>> As the most-recent public statement from Yahoo, this might have some
>> tidbits in it that are relevant to your question:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/82426971544/an-update-on-our-
>> dmarc-policy-to-protect-our-users
>>
>>  You mean the part where they say:
> "We know there are about 30,000 affected email sending services, but we
> also know that the change needed to support our new DMARC policy is
> important and not terribly  difficult to implement. We have detailed the
> changes we are requiring here <http://yahoomail.tumblr.com/
> post/82426900353/yahoo-dmarc-policy-change-what-should-senders-do>."
>
> I.e., 'not our problem'
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
>
> --
> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
> In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra
>
>