[98647] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [policy] When Tech Meets Policy...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Al Iverson)
Tue Aug 14 21:34:12 2007
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:30:16 -0500
From: "Al Iverson" <aiversonlists@spamresource.com>
To: "Douglas Otis" <dotis@mail-abuse.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <7C3FEAF3-A83F-4D17-B54A-9ECB5A684C53@mail-abuse.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 8/14/07, Douglas Otis <dotis@mail-abuse.org> wrote:
> This comment was added as a follow-on note. Sorry for not being clear.
>
> Accepting messages from a domain lacking MX records might be risky
> due to the high rate of domain turnovers. Within a few weeks, more
> than the number of existing domains will have been added and deleted
> by then. Spammers take advantage of this flux. Unfortunately SMTP
> server discovery via A records is permitted and should be
> deprecated.
Should be (perhaps) but clearly isn't. When you run it through a
standards body and/or obtain broad acceptance; great! Until then, it's
pipe dreaming.
Regards,
Al Iverson
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