On 12/9/2020 3:05 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
we know that amount of traffic going through mailing lists is tiny --
like a couple percent.
Keeping in mind that mailing lists have been a legitimate
Arpanet/Internet email activity since the start of network email and
that it is DMARC that created operational problems, rather than mailing
list activity creating problems, the onus for declaring a nearly 50
year activity no longer supported should be pretty compelling. It
should not rely on anecdotes or the views of an isolated few. And it
certainly should not justify the change with some broad, cavalier claims
about security.
For starters:
* Please document attacks and other misbehaviors that have been
attributed to mailing list operation
* Please provide objective, validated documentation for you assertion
that the traffic through mailing lists is tiny.
* Please include similar substantiation for the percentage claim
* Please explain how this type of long-standing legitimate activity
can reasonably be otherwise conducted; a generic reference to the
web is not sufficient; what is needed is a point-for-point
evaluation of mailing list group and technical functionality and an
comparison to replacement choices.
Once these documentation details have been lined up and have obtained
meaningful community support, it might be worth pursuing the
de-legitimization of Internet mailing lists.
d/
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Dave Crocker
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