<!--
//Created by Peter Phan on 7/2/01
//Modified on 7/17/01
//Modified on 7/18/07 by An Dang to accept .coop
function emailCheckNew(emailStr) {
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("Email address is not valid! Please check @ and .'s or email empty");
	document.Subscribe.email2.select();
	document.Subscribe.email2.focus();
	return false;
	}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    // user is not valid
    alert("Your email address is not valid.");
    document.Subscribe.email2.select();
	document.Subscribe.email2.focus();
    return false;
	}
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("Your email address is not valid.");
	        document.Subscribe.email2.select();
			document.Subscribe.email2.focus();
		return false;
			}
		}
    return true;
	}

// Domain is symbolic name
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
	alert("Your email address is not valid.");
   document.Subscribe.email2.select();
   document.Subscribe.email2.focus();
    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) {

   // if address does not end in .coop 
   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
   if (domArr[domArr.length-1]!="coop") {   
   	alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, two letter country, or .coop only.");
   	document.Subscribe.email2.select();
	document.Subscribe.email2.focus();
   	return false;
   }
    
	}
// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="Your email address is not valid."
   alert(errStr);
   document.Subscribe.email2.select();
   document.Subscribe.email2.focus();
   return false;
	}
return true;
}
//-->