"SMTP has outlived its usefulness" (was: Forwarding services)

Posted Jan 16, 2026 0:29 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: "SMTP has outlived its usefulness" (was: Forwarding services) by xecycle
Parent article: A note for MXroute users

DNS identifies a domain, not a specific person. And while it's true that anyone sending from my personal domain is actually me, receiving mail from gmail.com doesn't narrow down who the sender is to any measurable extent.