[anti-abuse-wg] DMARC Solution Applied to this Mailing List

Hi Gert :)

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:46:37 +0100
Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 02:16:43PM +0200, ox wrote:
> > Please enlighten me why RIPE does not support publish any SPF
> > records?
> > I do see the RRSIG, so am keen on understanding why RIPE supports
> > DMARC and no SPF?  
> 
> Adam did not state RIPE NCC would "support DMARC".  DMARC is full of
> shit.
> 
> What the RIPE NCC does is "activate workarounds to avoid mailing list 
> issues caused by other people running their domain with p=reject".
> 
Thank you for that clarity Gert, much appreciated!

Yes, DMARC is indeed a total waste of bits. SPF though, as with DNSSEC,
is very useful, functional and does have majority support.

As RIPE does publish RRSIG, Do you (or anyone) know of any reason
why RIPE does not publish SPF? 

Andre