Re: Enough DMARC whinging

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Fri, 02 May 2014 12:12 UTC

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On Thu 01/May/2014 17:18:38 +0200 Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 5/1/2014 8:22 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>> Spam filters should know about things as important as mailing list
>> subscriptions.

+1

> We have about 20 years of spam filtering experience in the industry.
> The quality of modern filters is astonishingly good; it's the only
> reason email remains viable for users, in spite of open-Internet spam
> traffic being far above 90%.
> 
> I believe that little or none of that filtering includes awareness of
> mailing list subscriptions.  So while the above is an interesting and
> possibly useful line of pursuit, it's not clear how it can be elevated
> to the status of 'should'.

It is certainly useful to simplify spam filtering.  I think there
would be consensus on 'should'; not on 'must' because of privacy
considerations.

> Note that historically, mailing list operators have been resistant to
> the imposition of technical or operational changes.

I'm not clear what you mean.  Is there a standard that defines mailing
lists?

Ale