Consensus is the bedrock of science. Not in the form of a "vote" necessarily, but the development of theories, the testing and proving of those theories, and building "consensus" by independent scientists or groups of scientists producing the same results.
It's why this exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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The media sensationalize this stuff because it's sensationally stupid. He actually said it. The president of the United States just suggested that injecting disinfectants might cure a virus. It is unprecedented.
I work for an email security company. Let's just say SPF is great and all, but it's never going to hit the rate of acceptance needed to thwart this neverending garbage.
BATV might be what you're talking about (Bounce Address Tag Violation) which is starting to see some implementation around the email scene.