function CheckForm(theForm)
{
  if ((theForm.email.value == "")||(theForm.email.value == "EMAIL"))
  {
  		alert("Please enter your Email");
		theForm.email.focus();
		return (false);
  }
  else if (checkValidation(theForm.email)==false) return false;
  return (true);
}


function checkValidation(formInput) {

    var message;
    $result = true;
    if (noAtSign( formInput.value )) {
        message = "Error! The address \"" + formInput.value + "\" does not contain an '@' character.";
        alert(message);
        $result = false;
    } else if (nothingBeforeAt(formInput.value)) {
        message = "Error! The address \"" + formInput.value;
        message += "\" must contain at least one character before the '@' character";
        alert(message);
        $result = false;
    } else if (noLeftBracket(formInput.value)) {
        message = "Error! The address \"" + formInput.value;
        message += "\" contains a right square bracket ']',\nbut no corresponding left square bracket '['.";
        alert(message);
        $result = false;
    } else if (noRightBracket(formInput.value)) {
        message = "Error! The address \"" + formInput.value;
        message += "\" contains a left square bracket '[',\nbut no corresponding right square bracket ']'.";
        alert( message);
        $result = false;
    } else if (noValidPeriod(formInput.value)) {
        message = "Error! The address \"" + formInput.value + "\" must contain a period ('.') character.";
        alert(message);
        $result = false;
    } else if (noValidSuffix(formInput.value)) {
        message = "Error! The address \"" + formInput.value;
        message += "\" must contain a two, three or four character suffix.";
        alert(message);
        $result = false;
    } else {
        $result = true;
    }

    if ($result==false) {
         formInput.focus();
    }
    return $result;
    
}


function noAtSign (formField) {
    // CHECK THAT THERE IS AN '@' CHARACTER IN THE STRING
    if (formField.indexOf ('@', 0) == -1) {
        return ( true )
    } else {
        return ( false );
    }
}

function nothingBeforeAt (formField) {
    // CHECK THERE IS AT LEAST ONE CHARACTER BEFORE THE '@' CHARACTER
    if ( formField.indexOf ( '@', 0 ) < 1 ) {
        return ( true )
    } else {
        return ( false );
    }
}

function noLeftBracket (formField) {
    // IF EMAIL ADDRESS IN FORM 'user@[255,255,255,0]', THEN CHECK FOR LEFT BRACKET
    if ( formField.indexOf ( '[', 0 ) == -1 && formField.charAt (formField.length - 1) == ']') {
        return ( true )
    } else {
        return ( false );
    }
}

function noRightBracket (formField) {
    // IF EMAIL ADDRESS IN FORM 'user@[255,255,255,0]', THEN CHECK FOR RIGHT BRACKET
    if (formField.indexOf ( '[', 0 ) > -1 && formField.charAt (formField.length - 1) != ']') {
        return ( true );
    } else {
        return ( false );
    }
}

function noValidPeriod (formField) {
    // IF EMAIL ADDRESS IN FORM 'user@[255,255,255,0]', THEN WE ARE NOT INTERESTED
    if (formField.indexOf ( '@', 0 ) > 1 && formField.charAt (formField.length - 1 ) == ']')
        return ( false );

    // CHECK THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PERIOD IN THE STRING
    if (formField.indexOf ( '.', 0 ) == -1)
        return ( true );

    return ( false );
}

function noValidSuffix(formField) {
    // IF EMAIL ADDRESS IN FORM 'user@[255,255,255,0]', THEN WE ARE NOT INTERESTED
    if (formField.indexOf('@', 0) > 1 && formField.charAt(formField.length - 1) == ']') {
        return ( false );
    }

    // CHECK THAT THERE IS A TWO OR THREE CHARACTER SUFFIX AFTER THE LAST PERIOD
    var len = formField.length;
    var pos = formField.lastIndexOf ( '.', len - 1 ) + 1;
    if ( ( len - pos ) < 2 || ( len - pos ) > 4 ) {
        return ( true );
    } else {
        return ( false );
    }
}