On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:03 PM Dave Crocker <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/10/2020 4:46 PM, Kurt Andersen (b) wrote:
>
> to quibble with the "*unauthorized use*"  situation. This situation
> devolves into use-as-imagined vs. use-as-really-used when one considers
> various intermediary scenarios.
>
> (to respond to the content...)
>
> So, the driving issue is that it's characterizing problematic usage; use
> that did not achieve a DMARC pass.
>
> And, yeah, that doesn't mean the use was unauthorized, given the other
> possible explanations for failure.
>
> So, without suggesting a label, I'd describe this factor as "how serious
> is a failure to get a DMARC pass"?  If that's the right semantic, what's a
> reasonable label to use?  If it's not the right semantic, what is?
>
I think that is much closer to the right semantic but highlights a problem
that the mail coming from a particular domain probably doesn't rate a
single broad-brush characterization of seriousness.

--Kurt
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