[Asrg] On assertions

[Frank Ellermann]

Douglas Otis wrote:
 
> Is it fair to require all other protocols to
> publish a bogus MX record to Opt-out from SMTP? 

Of course not.  Nobody here mentioned *require* -
this was just a list of some older proposals in
the general direction of "NOMAIL assertions".

Add WKS, NOMAIL-DNSBLs, and Phil's DKIM draft for
a more complete list of this NOMAIL "opt out" zoo.
  
> It would be much more fair to require that there
> be an  MX record before accepting email that
> references the domain.

You are free to do that.  Various folks supported
it on the SMTP list (for IPv6) if somebody posts
a draft.

 Frank