There's no need for me to define it: I intentionally did not word my
proposed text that way.  I think my proposed text is clear about who MUST
NOT use p=reject and why... and, as I said in my response to Scott, I'm
happy to add an explicit statement that it's an issue of interoperability
with existing, decades-old mail flows.

Barry


On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:36 AM Todd Herr <todd.herr=
40valimail....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 10:15 AM Barry Leiba <barryle...@computer.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm very much against text such as this, as I think it encourages
>> deployments that are contrary to interoperability and to the intent of
>> p=reject.
>>
>> I contend that p=reject (as with the similar construct in the older ADSP)
>> was intended for high-value domains and transactional mail, and that it was
>> never intended for use in domains where general users send general email.
>>
>> I stand by the MUST NOT that I proposed.
>>
>>
> I wonder if perhaps you might define "high-value domains" or restate your
> position using a term other than "value" and its derivatives?
>
> The reason I ask this is because your contention could perhaps be read as
> "low-value domains MUST NOT use p=reject because their mail won't get to
> its destination" and that seemingly ascribes a value to their mail that
> might be considered somewhat higher than "low" in the eyes of some
> beholders.
>
>
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