On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:59 PM, J. Gomez via dmarc-discuss <dmarc-discuss@dmarc.org> wrote:
> Hello all. > > I cannot stop thinking that the push-back against MLMs rewriting the > Header-From is akin to the push-back of about 28 years ago from some people > against the move to consider SMTP open-relays harmful. > > Closing SMTP open-relays impedes open and unrestricted email communication, > they said, and it was true. Having SMTP open-relays is the way it has always > been done, they said, and it was true. SMTP open-relays embody the original > spirit and intent of the Internet, they said, and it was true. > > But the reality is that there was a very bad problem in the real world, it > was spam, and something had to be done about it. And it was done, and SMTP > open-relays were eventually closed, and many people had to go through the > process of adjusting to the new email scenario. > > Now we hear that MLMs using the original remote sender in the Header-From is > the way it has always been done, and it is true, that using the original > remote sender in the Header-From is more useful for the final recipient, and > it is true, that using the original remote sender in the Header-From is > embodied in the Ten Commandments of the olden RFC, and it is true. > > But, also now, the reality is that there is a very bad problem in the real > world, it is phishing, and something as to be done about it. And it has been > proposed, and works well to combat it, and its name is DMARC. > > So will DMARC be the new "no-open-relays reality" of the email scene, and get > adopted, even if that entails changing old email habits? > > I hope so, and I hope that those who are collateral damage to DMARC finally > adapt to the new email scenario -- for example, accepting to rewrite the > Header-From in their MLMs traffic. > > Crazy analogy? *** Apt analogy? **** +1 Matt _______________________________________________ dmarc-discuss mailing list dmarc-discuss@dmarc.org http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well terms (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html)
