Re: Realistic responses to DMARC

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Sun, 18 December 2016 22:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: Realistic responses to DMARC
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>, John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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From: Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>
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On 12/18/2016 2:24 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>    So when David Crocker tells us that
> the mail providers aren't going to back down, regardless of whether or
> not it is true, *of course* the the mail providers will try to say
> that, because they are trying to intimate people into knuckling under
> and accepting DMARC.

Ted, you are ascribing more concern about this by the providers than I'm 
seeing.

Rather than seeking to invoke some sort of mystical assessment of 
corporate intent, I suggest you do a pragmatic evaluation of actual 
leverage and formulate a practical plan based on it.  Then see who lines 
up in support and follows through with useful action.


> It's all basic power negotiating

Or not.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net