On Jan 7, 11:58 am, tom <tomabr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have a"comment" field in my app which is kinda public, but i still
> want to have certain control over of what a user can enter and what
> not: eg not allowed are
> - email addresses
> - fake string like: "user at gmail com"
> - ...
> - ...
>
> is there anything out there or am i better of using writing my own 
> "validations"

You can try to write your own, but if there's a *reason* for users to
try to leave email addresses in comments, some of the creative ones
will figure out ways around your filter. If it's really a concern,
manual moderation may be the only way to handle the issue.

--Matt Jones
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