[Hidden-tech] AOL.COM emails have become problematic

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Curious about DMARC; it appears to be an attempt to solve a problem that
most people would like to have solved for email, namely, limiting mail sent
from a domain to those that come from an authorized sender.  In other words,
if you set up DMARC on your domain, and someone spoofs an email from your
domain pretending to be you, that is the problem DMARC is trying to solve -
prevent that email from being delivered.

It appears to be a new standard (March 18th, 2015. RFC 7489) and I don't yet
understand the standard - except that it looks like it turns SPF and DKIM
into a more formal means of identifying who is authorized to send email from
your domain, which I think is potentially a very good change.
 
With that in mind, Rich, do you know what specifically is the problem with
mailing lists in general and HT mailing list in particular for those using
AOL email?     Does the fix require changes in mailing list packages,
changes in how individuals using some email such as AOL configure their
SMTP, changes in everyone's client email, getting adapted to new
conventions, or something else?

I'm partly curious because my mother said some of her AOL email is getting
blocked by some recipients, so I wonder if this is related.

Charlie


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AOL has changed their email system in a way that will cause some emails not
to be delivered:
see:
http://postmaster-blog.aol.com/2014/04/22/aol-mail-updates-dmarc-policy-to-r
eject/

SO if you are receiving HT emails at an AOL.COM address, you might want to
consider adding another email address to the HT list.
Note: You might see this issue with other emails from/to AOL

Rich/webmaster
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