What is the best way to ban/block users with Devise for Rails?

Question

I\'m using Devise for authentication in my rails app and I\'d like to be able to block certain accounts and prevent users from reregistering with a blocked email. I\'m just

Answer 1

A better solution is to override the active_for_authentication? method on the devise model (User). Like so:

    def active_for_authentication?
      super && !self.banned?
    end