[db-wg] Should the "e-mail" attribute be mandatory for the "person" object?
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Hank Nussbacher
hank at att.net.il
Thu Oct 30 22:51:20 CET 2003
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Thor Kottelin wrote: I would like to see mandatory email and maybe even a once yearly auto-check to see that the email is still valid. -Hank > Folks, > > Email is the preferred communication medium when troubleshooting > internetworking problems. Time and time again, "inetnum" objects with no > valid email address cause grief. In the absence of relevant "e-mail" > attributes, desperate administrators sometimes send mail to addresses found > in "changed" and "notify" attributes. Sometimes the only option left is > resorting to telephone calls, regardless of the expenses, time differences > and language barriers often involved. > > I would therefore liketo suggest making the "e-mail" attribute mandatory > for the "person" object. 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. > > Your comments, please. > > Thor > > -- > http://thorweb.anta.net/ > Hank Nussbacher
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