I agree strongly with Dave on creating boring and precise 
terminology/references, and they are used over and over. 



Tim

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> On Dec 9, 2020, at 12:40, Dave Crocker <dcroc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/8/2020 12:11 PM, Dotzero wrote:
>> Note that I asked Two questions. Your answer appears directed to the second 
>> question. The answer to the first question appears fairly clear to me. 
>> Administrators of a system can restrict or delete a user account. It really 
>> is as simple as that. So in that respect the answer is that ultimately an 
>> individual account users do not supersede the wishes/policy of the domain 
>> owners representatives.
>> 
>> The second question is a bit more interesting, but ultimately leads one back 
>> to the first question. As far as being long settled, I would think that NSF 
>> AUP is an interesting precedent.
>> 
>> Michael Hammer
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 2:42 PM Dave Crocker <dcroc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/8/2020 10:50 AM, Dotzero wrote:
>>> > And here we get to some of the crucial unresolved questions involving 
>>> > email: "Does the wishes of a user of an account at a domain supercede 
>>> > the policies of the domain owner/administrator of a domain?"
> 
> Sorry, I misread the text I responded to.  To some extent, we all tend to be 
> ambiguous in our references -- though the specific text I misread was not -- 
> and it will help if we are all a lot more consistently precise. 
> 
> 
> 
> For example:
> 
> Author: creates content
> 
> Author Domain: controls the use of the domain, per the statement I misread.  
> And yes, the domain owner has ultimate authority over polices of how the 
> domain is used, by those subject to administration by the domain owner.  
> Obviously the domain owner has no 'authority' over those using the domain 
> without authorization.  For this latter set of folk, the most the domain 
> owner can do is provide information to receivers of unauthorized use.
> 
> Receivers: They have full and complete authority over their operations.  
> Period, full stop.  There is no 'overriding' the so-called policies of anyone 
> with whom they do not have a pre-existing relationship.
> 
> Recipients: They are, of course, subject to the policies of the owner of the 
> platform being used.  They, to, are not subject to the desires of authors or 
> author domain owners, except as the recipient themselves desire.
> 
> 
> 
> Really, it will help to be boringly, redundantly precise with every 
> reference, to leave no room for misunderstanding which actor is being 
> referenced.
> 
> d/
> 
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