// validate the email address //
function validEmail(email) {
			invalidChars = " /:,;";
	
			if (email == "") {
				return false;
			}
			for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {
				badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i);
				if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1) {
					return false;
				}
			}
			atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)
			if (atPos == -1) {
				return false;
			}
			if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) > -1) {
				return false;
			}
			periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
			if (periodPos == -1) {
				return false;
			}
			if (periodPos+3 > email.length)	{
				return false;
			}
		
			return true;
		}

// *** START ***
function submitIt(emailform) {

		if (emailform.fullname.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter your name!");
			emailform.fullname.focus();
			emailform.submit.value="Send E-mail";
			return false;
		}
		
		if (emailform.comments.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter a message!");
			emailform.fullname.focus();
			emailform.submit.value="Send E-mail";
			return false;
		}
		if (!validEmail(emailform.emailaddress.value)) {
			alert("Please enter a valid E-MAIL ADDRESS!");
			emailform.emailaddress.focus();
			emailform.emailaddress.select();
			emailform.submit.value="Send E-mail";
			return false;
		}
		
		return true;
}