Re: (DMARC) Why mailing lists are only sort of special

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com> Wed, 16 April 2014 22:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: (DMARC) Why mailing lists are only sort of special
From: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net> wrote:

> Unfortunately, the only option I thought was possibly available isn't
> permissible by the specification - therefore, the only solution involves
> alterations to the deployed base, which has been ruled impossible for over
> a year now.
>

Suppose you had the power to crack that barrier and do the impossible.
What would you do?