The form in your screen shot is the advanced to options screen.
In this case the Name Box seems not to be required? 
do you mean the Name form element? how is validation applied to the name form element, send a copy of the original php page in a zip archive.
The comments do not arrive in the email did I do something wrong?
how did you set the email body options? did you select to create a file for the email? I have no way of knowing whether you did something wrong or not. I have now way of know what settings you used to determine if they are wrong or right...
