I did create this a while ago.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-brotman-srds/

This would allow the MTA doing the sending to see that it will go to the spam 
folder.  I’ve created initial code to support this, but haven’t yet deployed it.

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Alex Brotman
Sr. Engineer, Anti-Abuse & Messaging Policy
Comcast

From: mailop <mailop-boun...@mailop.org> On Behalf Of Scott Mutter via mailop
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 12:44 AM
To: mailop@mailop.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [mailop] Spamfolder mini rant (Was: Contact Google 
Postmaster)

What if the receiving mail server tagged the message in some way in their final 
acknowledgement of the message.  For Google. instead of:

250 2.0.0 OK  1706409809 h4-20020ac85844000000b10427e71c979dsi9837397zyh.449 - 
gsmtp

If the message is redirected to the user's spambox, the message could be:

250 2.0.0 OK  1706409809 
h4-20020ac85844000000b10427e71c979dsi9837397zyh.449-spam - gsmtp

Or provide some number attached to the ID that identifies how much spamminess 
the receiving mail server thinks the message is.

This would at least give a tool for the sending server to know if the messages 
being sent out of their server are being flagged as spam.

I get that it's a thin line between offering this information and that 
information being abused by spammers to circumvent the receiving server's 
anti-spam measures.  But there's also no judicial system or oversight in making 
these determinations.  The receiving server gets to be judge, jury, and 
executioner when it comes to making these determinations.  And because these 
email service providers are "too-big-to-fail" it's never their fault for being 
overzealous with their blocking or weighing scale.  They can block whoever they 
want, whenever they want, with no explanation at all.
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