<!-- Begin
function emailValidate (form,input,emailStr) {
var emailPattern=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
var ipDomainPattern=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
var atom=validChars + '+'
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPattern)
if (matchArray==null) {
	//alert("Email address is not in a valid format.")
	return false;
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
       //alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
    return false
}
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPattern)
if (IPArray!=null) {
   	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	        //alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
		return false
	    }
    }
    return true
}
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
	//alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
    return false
}
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
var len=domArr.length
if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
     //alert("The email address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
   return false
}
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This email address is missing a hostname!"
   //alert(errStr)
   return false
}
return true;
}
//  End -->