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Re: A Zero Spam Mail System [Feedback Request]


From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:58:32 -0500

On 2/22/19 10:07 AM, John Curran wrote:

On 22 Feb 2019, at 7:08 AM, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net> wrote:
On 2/22/19 12:03 AM, John Curran wrote:

Either way, until such time your solution is deployed widely enough to significantly impact network operations, it’s 
unlikely to be a particularly relevant topic for discussion here.

Notable exception:  DMARC.  Broke email lists everywhere - including those that folks use to solve problems on the net. 
Heck, it broke the ietf email list.
Indeed - while a self-inflicted injury on its customers, the network effects of massive operating scale effectively 
transition the problem space from private actor to public…

hence not an notable exception, but an actual example of "deployed widely enough”


Hmmm....  But wasn't the initial impact of DMARC that so few senders of email had implemented it?  Also, the impact wasn't just on customers, but on trading partners & communities - communications being a two way street and all.

Miles Fidelman



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