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/*
(c)2002 Merkaba, www.hamnegs.com, All rights reserved.
email: info@hamnegs.com
version: 1.0, release: 14Jan2002
*/
function checkEmail(emailStr) {
// v1.1.3: Sandeep V. Tamhankar (stamhankar AT hotmail DOT com)
var checkTLD=1;
var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
var atom=validChars + '+';
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);
if (matchArray==null) {
	alert("Please enter an email address.");
	return false;
}
var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];
for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
	if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
	alert("Part of the email address contains invalid characters.");
	return false;
	}
}
for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
	if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
	alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
	return false;
  }
}
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
alert("The email address does not appear to be valid.");
return false;
}
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {
	for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
		if (IPArray[i]>255) {
		alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
		return false;
   	}
	}
return true;
}
var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
var domArr=domain.split(".");
var len=domArr.length;
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
	if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
		alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
		return false;
  }
}
if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
	alert("The address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
	return false;
}
if (len<2) {
	alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
	return false;
}
return true;
}
//  End -->