Registry of Internet Transmitters                          DRAFT 15-Aug-08

This is a registry of domains operating Internet Transmitters, provided by Open-Mail.org, for the benefit of email receivers. Our
purpose is to provide a common location for receivers to find information on the identity and reputation of sender domains. 
Data to authenticate Sender Identities is provided by the owners of those identities, via their DNS records.  Reputation data is provided by independent rating services.

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To use the Registry, you must declare your Sender's Identity in your HELO
command at the start of an email session, and you must publish in DNS
the IP addresses you authorize to use that Identity. You may also register
your Identity with us, but that is optional.
                     11pt
We must see responses from "postmaster@<Identity>" and
"abuse@<Identity>".  In other words, if you want receivers to trust your
mail, you must have a real domain name as your Identity, and be willing to
deal with problems involving abuse of that name.
                            8pt
We must see responses from "postmaster@<Identity>" and
"abuse@<Identity>".  In other words, if you want receivers to trust your
mail, you must have a real domain name as your Identity, and be willing to
deal with problems involving abuse of that name.  8pt
                           8pt
We must see responses from "postmaster@<Identity>" and
"abuse@<Identity>".  In other words, if you want receivers to trust your
mail, you must have a real domain name as your Identity, and be willing to
deal with problems involving abuse of that name.

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If you are forwarding mail for other senders, you should consider using a
different Identity for mail from your most trusted clients.  A trusted name is
a valuable asset.  It takes a long time to build that trust, and only a short
time for one careless client to ruin it.
                                 8pt
As the owner of a Public Email Sender's Identity, you are in complete
control of your Registry record, all except the ratings, of course.  The
ratings will depend on how well you control the use of your ID.

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The Registry staff can help with problems using our web interfaces, and
with general questions, but we do not offer support for any MTA or
spam-filtering software or authentication methods.  We also do not get
involved in disputes over domain ratings.  For help with software or
methods, see the websites of the companies or groups promoting them. 
To question a rating, talk to the service which provided it.  For general
information on email authentication see these links and our FAQ.