On May 1, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

> As I understand it, and In my experience, p=reject on DKIM fail would cause a 
> mail delivery failure by google's servers. The fact that it ends up in your 
> spam folder rather than outright failure indicates to me that something other 
> than p=reject is responsible.
> 
> Still, I would be interested to see the raw e-mail with all its headers, for 
> analysis, if you would please send it to me.
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Scott Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:05 PM, pscott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 4/30/2014 6:22 PM, Douglas Otis wrote:
>> Skycoast.us is using a DMARC p=reject with users sending to a mailing list. 
>> Really?
>> I haven't seen any failures, yet.
>> 
>> How about the fact that this and every other message I get from you ends up 
>> in my Google Apps spam folder?
>> 
>> Be careful with this message. Our systems couldn't verify that this message 
>> was really sent by skycoast.us. You might want to avoid clicking links or 
>> replying with personal information.
>> 
>>   Scott

Dear Scott,

I did not see a warning.  I looked in the spam folder.  It seems gmail makes an 
exception that allows these messages to reach spam folders.  It seems they know 
DMARC can't be fully trusted.   

Here is a redacted header list:
,---
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received-Spf: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] 
designates 208.69.40.156 as permitted sender) client-ip=208.69.40.156;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of 
[email protected] designates 208.69.40.156 as permitted sender) 
[email protected]; dmarc=fail (p=REJECT dis=NONE) 
header.from=skycoast.us
Authentication-Results: dragon.trusteddomain.org; sender-id=fail (NotPermitted) 
[email protected]; spf=fail (NotPermitted) 
[email protected]
Authentication-Results: dragon.trusteddomain.org; sender-id=pass 
[email protected]; spf=pass [email protected]
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\))
References: <[email protected]> 
<CAGGEJxYQkeDDFKPnLR9vU=01pCi73e0XODGVcd=p2a+910p...@mail.gmail.com> 
<[email protected]> 
<[email protected]>, 
<[email protected]> 
<[email protected]> 
<[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874)
X-Beenthere: [email protected]
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17
Precedence: list
List-Id: Public DMARC draft discussions <dmarc-discuss.dmarc.org>
Re: [dmarc-discuss] DMARC woes - forwarding signed /    encrypted e-mail
Security:  Signed ([email protected])
'---

Here is what was seen in your DNS:
_dmarc.skycoast.us.     1800    IN      TXT     
"v=DMARC1\;p=reject\;pct=100\;rua=mailto:[email protected]";
skycoast.us.            1799    IN      TXT     "v=spf1 a mx ~all"
skycoast.us.            1799    IN      MX      10 secure.paul-scott.us.
secure.paul-scott.us.   1799    IN      CNAME   paul-scott.us.

paul-scott.us.          1799    IN      TXT     "v=spf1 a mx ~all"
paul-scott.us.          1799    IN      SOA     NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. 
hostmaster.paul-scott.us. 1398641398 3600 900 1209600 1800
paul-scott.us.          1799    IN      MX      10 secure.paul-scott.us.
paul-scott.us.          1799    IN      A       198.199.100.11 

While your SPF records offer SOFTFAIL, DMARC records offer REJECT.  Setting SPF 
records for SOFTFAIL improves DMARC delivery rates, but does not help when a 
mailing-list is used.  The mailing-lists is NOT in alignment with "dmarc.org" 
and very likely breaks DKIM signatures.  Reconsider using CNAME for your mail 
host as well.  See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2181#section-10.3.  It can 
lead to nasty mailing loops and might cause the record itself to be rejected!

I am considering a cleanup of the original ID for TPA (third-party 
authorization) records to allow domains a means to selectively enable tens of 
thousands of specific domains with specific restrictions imposed, such as 
containing an aligned LIST-ID header field. Perhaps DMARC could signal its use 
in their record. This will allow Yahoo! a means to significantly limit damage 
caused by user accounts having been compromised along with their users' address 
books.  The source must still authenticate, but specific exceptions can be made 
to retain mailing-list use.  Just as Linkedin, PayPal, and now Google will 
discover, their users ended up still sending to mailing-lists, although I think 
Paypal managed to educate their users.  It seems the DMARC mailing-list 
neglects to make that point, and hence your email being placed in a spam 
folder. It seems REJECT now means QUARANTINE.

Regards,
Douglas Otis





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