Apologies if I slept through prior discussions on the topic.
E-mail from our L-Soft LISTSERV was recently rejected by Yahoo with the
following error:
#####@YAHOO.COM
Last error: 5.7.9 554 5.7.9 Message not accepted for policy reasons. See
http://postmaster.yahoo.com/errors/postmaster-28.html
I note:
1. The e-mail error (5.7.9) references the link
http://postmaster.yahoo.com/errors/postmaster-28.html.
2. That Yahoo page does not mention error 5.7.9, but references a similar
error 5.7.4 "Message not accepted for policy reasons."
3. It appears that Yahoo wants inbound messages signed using DomainKeys
technology.
4. Yahoo is the lead inventor of DomainKeys, along with Cicso, PGP, and
Sendmail.
5. L-Soft LISTSERV manuals and Yahoo both refer to the website
http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/.
6. When I click on the Documentation and DomainKeys Implementors Mailing
List links on that page, I get page not found.
7. A 2007 USA Today Article
(http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2007-05-23-domainkeys-anti-spam_N.htm)
mentions that DomainKeys have not been widely adopted.
8. A basic Google search for DomainKeys comes up with no recent articles.
One website (http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2011/09/dkim-is-done/) says that
DKIM/DomainKeys are dead.
Are the rumors of the death of DomainKeys premature? If not, is anyone from
Yahoo listening?
matthew black
california state university, long beach
