[policy] When Tech Meets Policy...

Wed Aug 15 01:30:16 UTC 2007

On 8/14/07, Douglas Otis <dotis at 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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