I'm creating an ajax email form template.

For validation, I'm using the validation plugin from here:

http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/

My demo is here:

http://testing.sunil.co.nz/contact.html

Problem: The form isn't requiring the 'email address' field to be filled in. It looks to me like the plugin is just skipping that field.

If I understand correctly, the validation should occour if the field is marked by attaching the classname "required" to it. I have done this.

For other fields in the same form, the validation plugin is behaving as I would expect.

What could be going wrong here?