--On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 20:00 -0500 John R Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> We never thought anyone would, but there was political >>> pressure at the time from people who didn't (and I see some >>> still don't) understand the "voluntary" part of the way >>> standards work. >> >> But John - of course any spammer will respectfully honor a >> "no solicitations" flag, either delivered by RFC 3865 or the >> DNS Text record the OP is requesting... :). > > Of course. And they will implement RFC 3514, too. To say nothing of handing out free ponies every Thursday. IMnvHO, any anti-spam approach that depends on good behavior from the spammers is a waste of time unless it is accompanied by strong, enforceable, and enforced "if you break these rules, you will spend time in prison" provisions. john