Based on my experience, RUF (forensic failure reports) have not been as valuable as initially intended. While some entities still provide failure reports, their usefulness in troubleshooting is limited unless one is willing to analyze them at a deep level, which is often impractical.
Since most providers have opted to redact PII it has made these reports largely ineffective. Given that the industry has already moved away from using them in a meaningful way, it makes sense to close the loop and deprecate failure reporting altogether formally. Option 3 makes the most sense in this case. On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM Barry Leiba <[email protected]> wrote: > I note that we are shutting down the DMARC working group without > completing the failure reporting document. We have discussed what to do > about failure reporting,but never made a decision. We need to decide now. > > I see three options: > > 1. Continue discussing the document, complete it, and ask Andy to > AD-sponsor it. > > 2. Abandon the document, leave failure reporting as it had been, and refer > people to the old (Informational) DMARC spec for documentation of it. > > 3. Abandon the document and deprecate failure reporting. That would > involve mentioning failure reports, noting that they have been seldom used > and problematic, and stating that their use going forward is not > recommended. > > I recommend that we do (3), and call for objections to that path. If you > agree with (3), please note that here. If you prefer (1) or (2), please > state that and say why. If you see another reasonable option and prefer > it, please describe it. > > Please post your opinion by the end of March. > > I’ll note that options 2 and 3 require adjustments to the approved drafts, > and will need Andy’s review and approval for the changes. > > Barry > _______________________________________________ > dmarc mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Matt Ratliff Founder, FunnelTechie www.funneltechie.com
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