Author: Odhiambo Washington Date: To: Jan Ingvoldstad CC: Christian Balzer, exim users Subject: Re: [exim] DMARC and ARC in the default configuration?
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 15:21 Jan Ingvoldstad <frettled@??? wrote:
>
> > 27. des. 2018 kl. 10:36 skrev Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users <
> exim-users@???>:
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> —
> Cheers,
> Jan
