Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread Slavko via mailop
Dňa 18. decembra 2023 16:00:17 UTC používateľ ml+mailop--- via mailop napísal: >On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, Paul Smith* via mailop wrote: >> Amazon, etc. They send mail pretending to be from someth...@amazon.com. > >That's why DKIM can be useful for those who want to prevent forgeries. From:

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread Louis Laureys via mailop
> That's why DKIM can be useful for those who want to prevent forgeries. > Why should everyone else be forced to do that? We all know email is forgeable, but no non-technical person has this expectation. Slowly moving email to a non-forgeable future is a good idea if you ask me, as it aligns with

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 18.12.2023 o godz. 14:49:50 Paul Smith* via mailop pisze: > Spam filters handle reputation of things. One thing they can do is > track reputation of sender domains. When forgery is possible, then > that means that spammers can piggy-back on the good reputation of > big companies like Google,

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread ml+mailop--- via mailop
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, Paul Smith* via mailop wrote: > DKIM (and SPF) aren't anti-spam measures, and have never been promoted as > such. They're anti-forgery measures. I know that -- which is why I don't use either (besides other reasons, e.g., breaking existing mail mechanisms). > spammers can

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread Paul Smith* via mailop
On 18/12/2023 10:18, ml+mailop--- via mailop wrote: And it seems none of the extra requirements do anything against spam, because the spammers can (and do, see above) easily implement all of those. DKIM (and SPF) aren't anti-spam measures, and have never been promoted as such. They're

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread Andy Smith via mailop
Hello, On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 01:01:58PM +0200, Taavi Eomäe via mailop wrote: > > And it seems none of the extra requirements do anything against > spam, because the spammers can (and do, see above) easily implement > all of those. > > I get the impression you can't see the forest for the

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread Taavi Eomäe via mailop
> And it seems none of the extra requirements do anything against spam, because the spammers can (and do, see above) easily implement all of those. I get the impression you can't see the forest for the trees. These methods being easy to implement is exactly the goal. Once majority of mail is

Re: [mailop] DKIM / slippery slope gmx.de

2023-12-18 Thread ml+mailop--- via mailop
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, Gellner, Oliver via mailop wrote: > On 17.12.2023 at 21:48 Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: > > A bit off topic, but it is always amazing.. rejecting based on no DKIM? > > It's like most new requirements, ever notice that the spammers are > > implementing these