BC forms the required* is ignored allowing empty submissions

Question

BC forms the required* option is being ignored allowing empty submissions any ideas?

Answer 1

The following cfform code from htmlgoodies.com shows that the required attribute does actually work:
<cfform>
<p>
<label for="name">Name:</label><br />
<cfinput type="text" name="name" required="true" message="Please provide your name." />
</p>
<p>
<label for="email">Email Address:</label><br />
<cfinput type="text" name="email" required="true" validate="email"
message="Please provide a valid email address." />
</p>
<p>
<label for="message">Your Message:</label><br />
<cftextarea name="message" required="true" message="Please enter a message to send."/>
</p>
<cfinput type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send Message" />
</cfform>