diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e16dc71..ff8c9d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
 #   git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore_global'
 
+**/.keep
+**/.core
+
 # Ignore bundler config.
 /.bundle
 
diff --git a/app/models/virtual.rb b/app/models/virtual.rb
index 5759752..bdd9882 100644
--- a/app/models/virtual.rb
+++ b/app/models/virtual.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 class Virtual < ApplicationRecord
+    validates :email, presence: true
+    validates :destination, presence: true
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0bea432..92a327b 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_05_10_141218) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_05_10_184959) do
+  create_table "credentials", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_general_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "email"
+    t.string "password"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "domains", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_general_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "domain"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
diff --git a/test/fixtures/.credentials.yml.kate-swp b/test/fixtures/.credentials.yml.kate-swp
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index 0000000..d7ae1f5
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diff --git a/test/models/.virtual_test.rb.kate-swp b/test/models/.virtual_test.rb.kate-swp
deleted file mode 100644
index f2a3218..0000000
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diff --git a/test/models/virtual_test.rb b/test/models/virtual_test.rb
index affa4d1..e91bf79 100644
--- a/test/models/virtual_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/virtual_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,34 @@
 require "test_helper"
 
 class VirtualTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  # test "the truth" do
-  #   assert true
-  # end
+  test "the email cant be blank" do
+    @v = Virtual.new
+    @v.destination = "davesmith@example.com"
+    assert !@v.save
+  end
+
+  test "the destination email cant be blank" do
+    @v = Virtual.new
+    @v.email = "davesmith@example.com"
+    assert !@v.save
+  end
+
+  test "the domain name of the email must be on this server" do
+    @v  = Virtual.new
+    @v.email = "davesmith@notonthisserver.com"
+    @v.destination = "bob@example.net"
+    assert !@v.save
+  end
+
+  test "the email must be a valid email" do
+    # flunk()
+  end
+
+  test "the destination must be a valid email" do
+    # flunk()
+  end
+
+  test "the email plus destination must be unique" do
+    # flunk()
+  end
 end