It sounds like the DOD already does block emails to .ml because of this issue:
> Lt. Cmdr Tim Gorman [...] said that emails sent directly from the .mil domain to Malian addresses “are blocked before they leave the .mil domain and the sender is notified that they must validate the email addresses of the intended recipients”.
I think the issue is people sending emails from personal accounts that the DOD cannot control. The article also mentions travel agents as another source of the email.
Sales and travel agents, an IT depts worse nightmare. People too busy to double check anything are the fault of emails delivering to the wrong recipient.
or just rewrite it. all .ml becomes .mil, and then have .mil run a relay if it was an actual email to .ml.
then make it part of any contract that if you do business for .mil, and you use microsoft/zoho/gsuite etc, that they automatically run a set of ".mil compliance settings" overlaid onto your tenant.
> Lt. Cmdr Tim Gorman [...] said that emails sent directly from the .mil domain to Malian addresses “are blocked before they leave the .mil domain and the sender is notified that they must validate the email addresses of the intended recipients”.
I think the issue is people sending emails from personal accounts that the DOD cannot control. The article also mentions travel agents as another source of the email.