> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Atkins [mailto:steve(at)blighty(dot)com]
> Sent: 17 May 2004 16:46
> To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Email data type
>
> a(at)foo(dot)bar is syntactically valid. a(at)foo(dot)invalid is
> syntactically valid, but should be immediately rejected.
I disagree - just because the database server cannot verify the the
existence of a domain does not mean that it isn't valid. I think only
addresses that are syntactically incorrect should be rejected.
Regards, Dave.