[db-wg] Should the "e-mail" attribute be mandatory for the "person" object?
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Hank Nussbacher
hank at att.net.il
Fri Nov 7 05:51:20 CET 2003
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Shane Kerr wrote: > Thor, > > On 2003-10-30 21:41:54 +0200, Thor Kottelin wrote: > > > > I would therefore like to suggest making the "e-mail" attribute > > mandatory for the "person" object. > > This is a straightforward change. > > One issue is what to do with existing personobjects that doe not have > an "e-mail:" attribute.The most straightforward solution is to make > no change to the objects, but to prevent new or modified person > objects without "e-mail:". Sounds reasonable. > > > If this isn't acceptable, then maybe at least one of the "person" or > > "role" objects referred to by an "inetnum" object should carry an > > "e-mail" attribute. > > > Additionally, in order to enhance address validity, I would like to > > suggest performing some kind of validation on these "e-mail" > > attribute values - perhaps simple syntax checking, or maybe even > > full round-trip SMTP testing, or something in between. > > The Database software does do some syntax checking, but only to verify > that the address looks something like an RFC 2822 address.We can do > varying degrees of checking, based on the same ideas presented here: > > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-45/presentations/ripe45-db-contact-data/ > > Personally, I would prefer that when an error is detected in a contact > address during an update that a clear warning be put in the > acknowledgement message.This allows for update with e-mail that is > experiencing transient delivery problems.However, if this group > feels strongly it will be possible to reject the update. No strong feeling either way. > > -- > Shane Kerr > RIPE NCC > Hank Nussbacher
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