Re: Will mailing lists survive DMARC?

Subject: Re: Will mailing lists survive DMARC? Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 
06:40:57AM -0700 Quoting Dave Crocker (dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net):
 
> For any mechanism, there is always the possibility that someone will
> apply it for scenarios beyond what was originally envisioned.  Often
> that is a large benefit.  Often is not always.
Mailing lists are hardly an obscure corner case in email. 
 
> The distinctive issue now is that that extension is being done by
> very large players.  The phrase "Too big to ignore" has been
> rattling around in my brain for the last few weeks...
The problem would be big enough if even a minor actor did this and
it affected niche lists. The IETF endorsing FSVO endorsing a method
that breaks mailing lists if implemented in a way that suits systems
processing large amounts of email is simply not good enough.

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Måns Nilsson     primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina
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