On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, Paul Smith* via mailop wrote: > DKIM (and SPF) aren't anti-spam measures, and have never been promoted as > such. They're anti-forgery measures.
I know that -- which is why I don't use either (besides other reasons, e.g., breaking existing mail mechanisms). > spammers can piggy-back on the good reputation of big companies like Google, As I mentioned before: 90% of the spam I get is from gmail -- that's a "good reputation"? > Amazon, etc. They send mail pretending to be from someth...@amazon.com. That's why DKIM can be useful for those who want to prevent forgeries. Why should everyone else be forced to do that? -- Please don't Cc: me, use only the list for replies, even if the mailing list software screws up the Reply-To header. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
