3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/users/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/users/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 5055f4e..811e8e5 100644
--- a/users/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/users/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
     @user.attributes = params[:user]
     if @user.changed? and @user.save
       flash[:notice] = t(:user_updated_successfully)
+    else
+      flash[:error] = @user.errors.full_messages
     end
     respond_with @user, :location => edit_user_path(@user)
   end
diff --git a/users/app/models/email.rb b/users/app/models/email.rb
index 0988d9f..7c88c51 100644
--- a/users/app/models/email.rb
+++ b/users/app/models/email.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ class Email
 
   property :email, String
 
+  validates :email_forward,
+    :format => { :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/, :message => "needs to be a valid email address"}
+
+  timestamps!
+
   def to_s
     email
   end
diff --git a/users/app/models/user.rb b/users/app/models/user.rb
index fcb211e..a41554d 100644
--- a/users/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/users/app/models/user.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class User < CouchRest::Model::Base
     :confirmation => true,
     :format => { :with => /.{8}.*/, :message => "needs to be at least 8 characters long" }
 
+  # TODO: write a proper email validator to be used in the different places
+  validates :email,
+    :format => { :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/, :message => "needs to be a valid email address"}
+
+  validates :email_forward,
+    :format => { :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/, :message => "needs to be a valid email address"}
+
   timestamps!
 
   design do