- validates_presence_of :title, :body, :sent_on, :sender, :recipient
- validates_length_of :title, :within => 1..255
- validates_inclusion_of :message_read, :in => [ true, false ]
- validates_as_utf8 :title
-
- after_initialize :set_defaults
+ validates :title, :presence => true, :utf8 => true, :length => 1..255
+ validates :body, :sent_on, :sender, :recipient, :presence => true