Author: Jan Ingvoldstad Date: To: Odhiambo Washington CC: Christian Balzer, exim users Subject: Re: [exim] DMARC and ARC in the default configuration?
> 27. des. 2018 kl. 10:36 skrev Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users <exim-users@???>:
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> I believe that configuring DKIM signing is pretty standard. There can be a
> configuration in the default configure, but it will remain just an example,
> and un-activated
> because of the process required in generating the keys and the DNS records
> creation.
> The same can be said about DMARC. The packagers for the different platforms
> could do this, but they are NOT gonna do it - because it's up to the Mail
> Server Admin to do that.
> DKIM+SPF+DMARC are not BASIC requirements for mail delivery. They are ways
> to ensure "safe" mail delivery. I think of them as advanced methods of
> ensuring the Internet is clean from spam, so they are actually addons for
> mitigating spam.
These do not mitigate spam.
They mitigate sender address fraud.
There’s TONS of spam from DMARC verified signed sources. Google. Yahoo. As well as a bazillion custom domain names created over the past years.
Please don’t perpetuate the pretense that this is about spam.
