On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM Todd Herr <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM Dotzero <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM Alessandro Vesely <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'd modify the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph like so:
>>>
>>> NEW
>>> Failure reports are normally generated and sent almost immediately
>>> after the Mail Receiver detects a DMARC failure. Rather than waiting
>>> for an aggregate report, these reports are useful for quickly
>>> notifying the Domain Owners when there is an authentication failure.
>>> Failure reports also provide more information about the failed message
>>> than is available in an aggregate report.  This allows the failure
>>> report consumer to determine with certainty whether the failure is due
>>> to an infrastructure problem or the message is illicit.
>>>
>>>
>>> Failure reports are normally generated and sent almost immediately
>> after the Mail Receiver detects a DMARC failure. Rather than waiting
>> for an aggregate report, these reports are useful for quickly
>> notifying the Domain Owners when there is an authentication failure.
>> Failure reports also provide more information about the failed message
>> than is available in an aggregate report.  This allows the failure
>> report consumer to better determine whether the failure is due
>> to a Sender/path problem or the message is from an unrelated origin and
>> potentially malicious.
>>
>>
> I'd propose language that's a bit more neutral (ALL CAPS for emphasis):
>
> Failure reports are normally generated and sent almost immediately
> after the Mail Receiver detects a DMARC failure. Rather than waiting
> for an aggregate report, these reports are useful for quickly
> notifying the Domain Owners when there is an authentication failure.
> Failure reports also provide more information about the failed message
> than is available in an aggregate report.  This allows the failure
> report consumer to better determine whether the failure is OF A
> MESSAGE THAT THE DOMAIN OWNER INTENDED TO AUTHENTICATE
> OR ONE FOR WHICH USE OF ITS DOMAIN WAS NOT AUTHORIZED.
>
> --
> Todd Herr
> Some Guy in VA LLC
> [email protected]
> 703-220-4153
>

Todd, I think your wording is an improvement. I support this change.

Michael Hammer
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