I'm not quite sure what you've just written here. What is AOL blocking? Sally Scheer
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Goodmail spells doom for mailing lists? > >>> Has anyone talked about the changes planned by AOL, Yahoo! etc. to >>> require "certification" via Goodmail or just be blocked? > .... >> It's been beaten to death -- at this point I can't recall if here or on >> other lists. Essentially it means nothing. AOL backpedaled the next day >> saying it wasn't a press release, they aren't requiring anything, blah >> blah >> blah. > > > Having looked over the earlier articles I could find in the archive, and > given > how sensitive mailing list operation is to various mail authentication > techniques -- e.g., SPF really does break it -- and given that AOL did not > quite > say that they are not requiring anything, I thought it worth reciting the > current policy, as both yahoo and aol are stating quite explicitly: > > Their use of Goodmail is for "transaction" messages, like purchase > confirmations > and is only an adjunct to both service providers' existing mechanisms. > For > example, AOL with be continuing both of its existing white-list services. > > From what I can tell, the Goodmail technology does not work through a > mailing > list. From what I can tell, limited its application to transaction mail > will > keep this from being a problem. > > -- > > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > <http://bbiw.net> > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/winerat%40villagecorner.com > > Security Policy: > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006 > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
