Hello,

This is a solution for SPF after forwarding and lists that I've been
aware of for a while; I wonder if this is already commonly done?

Forwarding is an action on the receiving end, and can only be solved
reliably by the recipient.  Notably, a mailbox user could specify
addresses that are forwarded to their mailbox.  Mailing list
subscriptions may be seen as a special form of forwarding.

When incoming mail is SPF-validated and the envelope sender does not
match the sending MTA address, those forwarded domains can be looked up
for the envelope _recipient_ address.  Lenient SPF validation would add
permission to sending MTAs from these forwarded domains.  The result
would be that forwarding never breaks, when configured on the receiving
mailbox.

I am not sure if this is part of the "mark as NOT spam" procedures in
common mailbox services, but AFAIK it would fix quite a bundle of problems.

I suppose this could also lead to a definition of Lenient DMARC.


Cheers,
 -Rick

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