[ietf-dkim] Lists "BCP" draft available

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 24 May 2010 14:33:13 -0700 Steve Atkins <steve at wordtothewise.com> 
wrote:

>
> On May 24, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> bounces at mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Steve Atkins
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>>> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Lists "BCP" draft available
>>>
>>>>> Not at all.  If we can agree that lists should reject discardable
>>> mail
>>>>> out of self defense, that's a good point to add to the BCP.
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Refusing signups from those domains is probably a bit extreme, though.
>>
>> What about a warning at signup time if a "discardable" ADSP record is
>> found for the registrant's domain?
>
> Seems like a reasonable UX design to me but probably
> more a choice for the developer than a BCP, I think.
>
> (I think that refusing signups from ADSP using domains
> may also be a reasonable choice for the developer or list
> admin in some cases. But not something to put in a BCP.)

Why not? At least mention that it might be polite to make such a warning. 
After all, the person signing up might have no clue at all that their 
domain is 'discardable'.

I guess we can't claim that it's common practice, never might best common 
practice. But it is, surely, a good idea.

> Cheers,
>   Steve
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