On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:35 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com>
wrote:
--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.
Think of the exercise as a Mythbusters experiment.
"Many viewers wrote in to tell us that this was a great way to stop spam,
in this episode we find out!"
Myth Busted
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