On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Joseph Brennan <bren...@columbia.edu> wrote: > > [DMARC's words] > >> o A "silent discard", wherein the SMTP server returns a 2xy reply >> code implying to the client that delivery (or, at least, relay) >> was successfully completed, but then simply discarding the >> message with no further action. > > > Naturally the people who can't read RFC5322 and understand that the From > header line represents the writer of the message also can't read RFC5321 and > grasp that a 2xy code signifies a responsibility that is well defined (sec > 4.2.5). > > They're just making stuff up. And companies that fall for it betray their > cluelessness. > > Joseph Brennan > Columbia University Information Technology > > (N.B. They were so proud of using "wherein" that they got lost later in the > sentence-- s/b "discards" not "discarding".) >
+10 ^^ This is by far the best description of the situation. -Jim P. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
