Hi Peter,
i used following validater for the Inputfield
< p:inputText id="email" value="#{data.tmpEmailAddress}" validatorMessage="Invalid email format">
< f:validateRegex pattern="^[_A-Za-z0-9-\+]+(\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$" />
< /p:inputText>
hope that helps.
Roland