1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/users/app/models/email.rb b/users/app/models/email.rb
index 1bcff1c..a9a503f 100644
--- a/users/app/models/email.rb
+++ b/users/app/models/email.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Email < String
 
   validates :email,
     :format => {
-      :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/,
+      :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"
     }
 
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ class Email < String
     self
   end
 
+  def handle
+    self.split('@').first
+  end
+
 end