On Sat, December 18, 2021 13:50, yuv via mailop wrote: > > there are inconsistencies between the RFC specifying email and > the RFC specifying DMARC <...> > and the different implementations and variations. > > Meanwhile, I hear that iMessage, Whatsapp, Messenger, etc. do not suffer > these problem and are a good replacement for internet email. What makes > the difference between them and internet email?
I believe answer is centralization and to some extent lack of backwards compatibility requirement. When you're one company controlling both backend and all frontend implementations - you can juggle you propitiatory protocol however you want, up to the point when you can say: "Since 2nd week of August 2014, versions of our messenger released before June 2014 will stop working. You have a device for which we didn't release a new version? Too bad, go buy yourself a new phone!". And who on this list haven't thought: "oh, I wish this part of email spec was different"?! Email openness is both blessing (when any person can implement an email client however they like) and a curse (when any spammer can implement an email client...). Worth mention however, that I've seen spam on other messaging platforms, too, and a black market for Telegram accounts being mentioned, and people developing anti-spam solutions for not-so-big public Telegram groups... _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
