Re: A new SMTP "3821" [Re: FTC stuff...........]

["Alan DeKok" <aland@xxxxxx>]

Meng Weng Wong <mengwong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> BTW, verbatim forwarding is practiced not just by unixheads
> with .forward files, but also by hosted domains, of which
> there are millions in existence, and alumni / lifetime email
> services like alumni.*.edu and acm.org.

  Which have well-known names and IP addresses, unlike "hit and run"
spammers.

> The hosting providers can implement workarounds, and
> forwarding service providers can implement workarounds.
> >From the receiver end, trusted-forwarder.org lets receivers
> whitelist forwarding hosts.

  Exactly.  There are multiple ways possible to get to a widely
deployed system of checking return paths.  The deployment can be
gradual, with well-understood incremental benefits at each stage.

> That leaves only the ad-hoc forwarding setups.  For those
> cases, I would like to be able to tell them "just upgrade".

  I agree.

  Alan DeKok.