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diff --git a/app/models/email.rb b/app/models/email.rb
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+class Email < String
+  include ActiveModel::Validations
+
+  validates :email,
+    :format => {
+      :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/, #local part of email is case-sensitive, so allow uppercase letter.
+      :message => "needs to be a valid email address"
+    }
+
+  def to_partial_path
+    "emails/email"
+  end
+
+  def to_param
+    to_s
+  end
+
+  def email
+    self
+  end
+
+  def handle
+    self.split('@').first
+  end
+
+end