Re: Will mailing lists survive DMARC?

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 29 April 2014 16:48 UTC

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:47:59 -0000
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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: Will mailing lists survive DMARC?
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In article <14DE2BC840FF3B8AA4A167EC@JcK-HP8200.jck.com> you write:
>An odd, and somewhat nasty, thought...
>
>So far, the two organizations (at least of which I'm aware) that
>have made more or less public announcements of their intentions
>to use the sort of restrictive policies that cause mailing list
>problems are not only large providers of email but also large
>providers of online forums, social group discussions, etc. ...

You're not the first to suggest this, but simpler explanations
explain the situation.  I blogged about it here:

http://jl.ly/Email/aoldmarc.html

R's,
John