--On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 20:00 -0500 John R Levine
<johnl(_at_)taugh(_dot_)com> 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