> --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. While that is absolutely necessary, it's possible it's not sufficient, given, say, sufficient motivation on the part of spammers or jurisdictional issues on the enforcement side. Ned