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Re: dmarc damage, was gmail users read on... [bozo subtopic]

Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us> Fri, 12 September 2014 17:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: dmarc damage, was gmail users read on... [bozo subtopic]
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On 9/12/14 10:20 AM, Wei Chuang wrote:
> I also just wanted to bring another high level idea to the table- rather
> than discuss which work arounds to mandate (and all have problems), why
> not revisit the authentication methods?  In particular the current DKIM
> method, while very powerful in the security sense, is very restrictive.

Because the large mail vendors have already spoken, and they like the 
way that SPF/DKIM/DMARC work. Spending more time talking about how we 
think they SHOULD work is wasted effort.

Doug

PS, I don't like this any more than some of y'all do, but I think it's 
rather important that we recognize the reality of the situation.

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