var a_tlds = new Array("aero", "biz", "com", "coop", "edu", "gov", "info", "int", "mil", "museum", "name", "net", "org", "pro", "xxx", "ac", "ad", "ae", "af", "ag", "ai", "al", "am", "an", "ao", "aq", "ar", "as", "at", "au", "aw", "az", "ba", "bb", "bd", "be", "bf", "bg", "bh", "bi", "bj", "bm", "bn", "bo", "br", "bs", "bt", "bv", "bw", "by", "bz", "ca", "cc", "cd", "cf", "cg", "ch", "ci", "ck", "cl", "cm", "cn", "co", "cr", "cu", "cv", "cx", "cy", "cz", "de", "dj", "dk", "dm", "do", "dz", "ec", "ee", "eg", "eh", "er", "es", "et", "fi", "fj", "fk", "fm", "fo", "fr", "ga", "gd", "ge", "gf", "gg", "gh", "gi", "gl", "gm", "gn", "gp", "gq", "gr", "gs", "gt", "gu", "gw", "gy", "hk", "hm", "hn", "hr", "ht", "hu", "id", "ie", "il", "im", "in", "io", "iq", "ir", "is", "it", "je", "jm", "jo", "jp", "ke", "kg", "kh", "ki", "km", "kn", "kp", "kr", "kw", "ky", "kz", "la", "lb", "lc", "li", "lk", "lr", "ls", "lt", "lu", "lv", "ly", "ma", "mc", "md", "mg", "mh", "mk", "ml", "mm", "mn", "mo", "mp", "mq", "mr", "ms", "mt", "mu", "mv", "mw ", "mx", "my", "mz", "na", "nc", "ne", "nf", "ng", "ni", "nl", "no", "np", "nr", "nu", "nz", "om", "pa", "pe", "pf", "pg", "ph", "pk", "pl", "pm", "pn", "pr", "ps", "pt", "pw", "py", "qa", "re", "ro", "ru", "rw", "sa", "sb", "sc", "sd", "se", "sg", "sh", "si", "sj", "sk", "sl", "sm", "sn", "so", "sr", "st", "sv", "sy", "sz", "tc", "td", "tf", "tg", "th", "tj", "tk", "tm", "tn", "to", "tp", "tr", "tt", "tv", "tw", "tz", "ua", "ug", "uk", "um", "us", "uy", "uz", "va", "vc", "ve", "vg", "vi", "vn", "vu", "wf", "ws", "ye", "yt", "yu", "za", "zm", "zw");

function validate_addr(emailStr) 
{	// RFC822
	// ripped off http://javascript.internet.com/forms/check-email.html

	/* 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 +")*$")


	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
	if (matchArray==null) { return false;}
	var user=matchArray[1];
	
	var domain=matchArray[2];
	if (user.match(userPat)==null) {return false;}
	
	/* 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) { return false; } }
		return true;
	}
	// Domain is symbolic name
	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat);
	if (domainArray==null) { return false; }

	/* 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 tld=domArr[domArr.length-1];

	// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
	if (domArr.length>=2) 
	{	// check list of TLDs
		for (var t=0,l=a_tlds.length;t<l;t++) 
		{	if (a_tlds[t]===tld) {return true;}
		}
	}
	return false;
}