On 23.01.2017 at 19:14, Richard wrote: >> Date: Monday, January 23, 2017 18:21:49 +0100 >> From: "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecke...@gmx.de> >> >> On 22.01.2017 at 19:53, Richard wrote: >> >>> One of the issues that some people may be encountering is that this >>> mailing list's software doesn't handle things correctly for DMARC. >>> If your provider's mail server is configured to enforce DMARC, >>> messages from places that have "reject" set, e.g., yahoo: >>> >>> _dmarc.yahoo.com. 1800 IN TXT "v=DMARC1\; p=reject\; >>> >>> will be rejected by your mail server. In a case like this, this >>> means that anyone with an @yahoo... address who posts to this list >>> will cause a bounce for recipient list member whose mail server is >>> enforcing DMARC. Depending on the configuration of the mailing list >>> software and the frequency of postings by @yahoo people the >>> (passive/recipient) list member may get a probe or may get dropped >>> from the list. >>> >>> The long and short is that this list's software needs to be updated >>> to something that conforms with current mail standards and >>> practices. I have tried to raise this with the owners of various >>> of the php lists, but have gotten no response or action. >> >> Have you already reported this issue to the php-webmaster and/or >> systems mailing lists? Mentioning it on php-general goes likely >> unnoticed by the folks who could fix it. > > Yes, as I indicated: > > > I have tried to raise this with the owners of various > > of the php lists > > to the "-owners" addresses. [Looking back i see that I sent to the > -internals and -db owners, but not the -general owners. Nothing has > been done on those and I suspect they will change/update their > mailing list software as a common effort for all the lists.] > > Since the probes don't get rejected I haven't gotten kicked off the > php lists, yet. > > This is an issue that anyone who runs a mailing list should be aware > of by now. Yahoo has had their DMARC setting at "reject" for more > than a year. I have heard that gmail is enforcing DMARC (I haven't > had a chance to confirm this), Yahoo does and other major providers > are starting to too, so increasingly list mail will bounce unless the > list owners update their software.
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