On 11/7/20 8:20 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
On 11/7/2020 8:12 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
that's why the policy option of "p=none" exists. Perhaps the use of
the string "none," meaning "no change in handling," is too readily
confused with "none" meaning "no policy?" Which is indeed an odd
duck, a policy saying there is no policy...
Although the DMARC spec defines p=none as:
none: The Domain Owner requests no specific action be taken
regarding delivery of messages.
This is rather tortured language that invites confusion. Forgive me,
but "requests no specific action" is a request that isn't a request.
It has no real meaning.
What is actually intended is:
"The Domain Owner is expressing no policy for action to be taken
regarding delivery of the message."
d/
Fair point, the language could be improved - and by a lovely
coincidence, I understand there's a group tasked with revising the spec. ;^)
Though I'm not convinced that it seems confusing when you read it in the
context of the "quarantine" and "reject" options right below it...
--S.
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