[dmarc-discuss] mailing lists, was reject, ADSP discard, and SPF -all

[Michael Adkins]

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>> And DMARC works between MTAs not between MUAs. We tried to take the
>> MUAs out of the authentication equation.
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>If that's the case, then DMARC is mostly useless for preventing
>phishing.  It would enable a phisher to send a 100% iron-clad
>authenticated email while presenting himself to an end-user as "Big
>Bank of Commerce, Inc."
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>Users are the problem in phishing scams.  Not MTAs.

This is not a proposal for a system that we hope will prevent phishing.
This is an attempt to standardize mechanisms that have already been found
to reduce phishing.  If you would like to argue that it is ineffective,
you are going to have to present data that contradicts the data the
working group based their efforts on.



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>Regards,
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>David.
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