<!-- Changes:  Sandeep V. Tamhankar (stamhankar@hotmail.com) -->/*   1.1.2: Fixed a bug where trailing . in e-mail address was passing            (the bug is actually in the weak regexp engine of the browser; I            simplified the regexps to make it work).   1.1.1: Removed restriction that countries must be preceded by a domain,          so abc@host.uk is now legal.  However, there's still the           restriction that an address must end in a two or three letter          word.     1.1: Rewrote most of the function to conform more closely to RFC 822.     1.0: Original*/<!-- This script and many more are available free online at --><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --><!-- Hide script ...function emailCheck (emailStr){	/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address	   fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username	   from the domain. */	var emailPat = /^(.+)@(.+)$/	/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special	   characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 	   These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */	var specialChars = "\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"	/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 	   username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */	var validChars = "\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"	/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in	   which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed	   and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com	   is a legal e-mail address. */	var quotedUser = "(\"[^\"]*\")"	/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,	   rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal	   e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */	var ipDomainPat = /^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/	/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of	   non-special characters.) */	var atom = validChars + '+'	/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.	   For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.	   Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */	var word = "(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"	// The following pattern describes the structure of the user	var userPat = new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")	/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic	   domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */	var domainPat = new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")	/*	Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is	valid.	*/		/*	Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into	different pieces that are easy to analyze.	*/	var matchArray = emailStr.match(emailPat)	if (matchArray == null) {	  /* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't	     even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */		//alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")		//return false		return("* Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")	}	var user = matchArray[1]	var domain = matchArray[2]		// See if "user" is valid 	if (user.match(userPat) == null) {	    // user is not valid	    //alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")	    //return false		return("* The username doesn't seem to be valid.")				}	/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic	   host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */	var IPArray = domain.match(ipDomainPat)	if (IPArray != null) {	    // this is an IP address		  for (var i=1; i<=4; i++) {		    if (IPArray[i]>255) {		        //alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")				//return false				return("* Destination IP address is invalid!")		    }	    }	    return('');	}		// Domain is symbolic name	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)	if (domainArray==null) {		//alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")	    //return false		return("* Your e-mail address is not complete, please verify and re-enter.")	}		/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a	   three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,	   representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 	   the domain or country. */		/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms	   it consists of. */	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) {	   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.	   //alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")	   //return false	   return("* Email address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")	}		// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.	if (len<2) {	   //var errStr = "This address is missing a hostname!"	   //alert(errStr)	   //return false	   return("* Email address is missing a hostname!")	}		// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!	//return true;	return('');}// -->