I am learning JQuery Validation.  It's great.  But I am having problems setting the message for remote validation through the rules and messages options. The message works fine when coming from the server. But I would prefer to keep all the messages together in javascript.  If I do not use the server message, only 'false' appears in the error label.  And the remote message set in js options is ignored.  I have tried to follow the pattern found in the Milk demo. How can I fix this?  The messages are being displayed in a container at the top of the page. 

Thanks.

2. $(document).ready(function () {
3.     $.validator.addMethod('noanon', function (value) {
4.         return value.toLowerCase().indexOf("anonymous") != 0;
5.     }, 'Do not hide behind the cover of anonymity');
6. 
   
7.     $('#commentForm').validate({
8.         errorContainer: '#errorbox',
9.         errorLabelContainer: '#errorbox ul',
10.         wrapper: 'li',
11.         highlight: function(element, errorClass){
12.             $(element).fadeOut(function () {
13.                 $(element).addClass('invalidElem').fadeIn(1000);
14.             });
15.         },
16.         unhighlight: function(element, errorClass){
17.             $(element).removeClass('invalidElem');
18.         },
19.         rules: {
20.             name: {
21.                 required: true,
22.                 minlength: 2,
23.                 noanon: true,
24.                 remote: '/api/UserValidation'
25.                  },
26.             email: {
27.                 required: '#csub:checked',
28.                 email: true
29.             },
30.             comment: { required: true }
31.         },
32.         messages: {
33.             comment: {
34.                 required: 'This is a comment form.  Your comment cannot be blank'
35.             },
36.             email: {
37.                 required: "You must enter an email to get the newsletter?",
38.                 email: 'Email addresses are of the form user@host.'
39.             },
40.             name: {
41.                 required: 'Your name is required if you want to leave a comment.',
42.                 minlength: $.format('You need at least {0} characters for your name.'),
43.                 remote: $.format("'{0}' has been taken")
44.             }
45.         }
46.     });
47. });