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Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live555.com> Fri, 29 August 2014 14:48 UTC

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> Gmail, like Yahoo and Hotmail and AOL, is sporadically useful for casual
> purposes where mail transmission and receipt isn't terribly important.
> But it's much too poorly operated to be acceptable for professional use.

Plus the fact that "@yahoo.com" and "@gmail.com" (etc.) serve as good first-level 'Bozo Filters'.  DMARC serves as yet another reminder that serious professionals should not be using such email addresses.

	Ross.

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