On Mon, 2022-09-19 at 17:07 +0200, Alessandro Vesely via mailop wrote: > > ARC is the authentication of choice in this case because, being devised for > this task, it is supposedly straightforward to configure for it, whereas > whitelisting after SPF or DKIM smells like a hack.
I wish ARC was straighforward to configure and implement, but sadly I haven't experienced that. Can teams at Google, Microsoft, AOL, etc., wrap ARC into their offerings, sure. Can I wrap ARC into my mail flows, not without a team. Generally that team would be something like OpenDKIM, OpenDMARC, Postfix, or even Mailman (although the latter one have moved on to a product version that even they often admit isn't ready for full replacement of the version of Mailman I use). Now, you might be thinking that OpenARC is the solution, but it isn't, and it appears to be abandoned (last commit was 4 years ago, and there are currently 31 outstanding issues). Should I jump in and try to help resolve 31 open issues in an abandoned project? Let's see who the project was created by and associated with... oh look, OpenDKIM and OpenDMARC (those other technologies that promised solutions that now need ARC to solve). I know I'm on a soapbox here, but looking back this whole band-aide after band-aide of wrap-around solution(s) for email delivery sounds more like a Congressional/Legislative "solution" of promise after promise rather than a solid solution. This is why the bigbox mailbox providers are winning. -Jim P. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
