new tld's and forms

[findtim]

Had an interesting thing happen the other day, just for fun i was filling out a form to download some free software and decided to put my email address as: tim@melbourne and the form wouldn't accept it.

tim@mail.melbourne didn't work either.

this presents an interesting situation not unlike Y2K. obviously not at that level but still " is that software .melbourne compliant? "

any thoughts?

tim

 

[FirstPageResults]

Fair point. There will defintely be validation issues

 

[Data Glasses]

tim@tim.tim

 

[findtim]

maybe i should buy

timmm@mmmm.my

( southpark reference )

 

[Data Glasses]

maybe i should buy

timmm@mmmm.my

( southpark reference )

No to confusing, better off getting your own extension, we both know you can afford it

 

[findtim]

i just can't see .tim being a winner

 

[Data Glasses]

i just can't see .tim being a winner

tym tym tym .........

 

[Jamie-AU]

Ideally, the software behind the form validation should do a DNS lookup to see if there is either a valid MX record for the domain part of the email address or if the domain resolves. That way, when .melbourne (or even .tim) becomes a valid TLD, then the form will accept the address.

 

[findtim]

Ideally, the software behind the form validation should do a DNS lookup

"SHOULD" ! if ? these take off.......... how many domains will you produce that need to be updated to accommodate the change?

enter snoopy " they won't take off"
enter johno69 " infinatewp"

tim