On 18/12/2016 09:19, Michael Richardson wrote:
>
> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yeah, it's the "sometimes mail gets lost" problem which is the main
> > issue. So it might actually be better to have the mailing list
> > software refuse to accept a mailing list posting from a domain with a
> > DMARC record, and it can be bounced back to the sender immediately
> > with a "sorry, try again using some e-mail address that does not have
> > DMARC support".
>
> I really think that this is the right answer for our community.
I don't. Accept the posting but also send a friendly warning seems to do less damage.
> The DMARC policy is not to forward, and we should respect it.
Why does DMARC, which is a broken solution, deserve that much respect?
> When ARC gets standardized, we should implement it.
Assuming it solves the problem, sure. But if it doesn't, the problem will
get much worse.
Brian