Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin of a bunch of SMALL community lists

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Fri, 18 April 2014 23:24 UTC

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> ... and then the operators should not be surprised if the people
> modifying the MLM software do something which is best for them, and
> which not necessarily best for the interest of the users of certain
> operators.
> 
> Which is the default when neither side is willing compromise, and
> everyone is reduced to taking unilateral action.
> 
> If you want to call that a failure of the standards process, I can
> only agree.

it is a failure of the internet and internet operations.  the failure
of the standards process just enables an excuse.

randy