var testresults
function checkemail(formname,formelement){
	var fname = formname
	var felement = formelement
	var str
	str = eval("document." + fname + "." + felement + ".value")
	//alert(fdom)
	var filter=/^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i

	if (filter.test(str))
		testresults=true
	else{
		alert("Please input a valid email address!")
		testresults=false
	}
return (testresults)
}

// checkbae returns true if the browser doesnt support the rudimentary javascript check
function checkbae(formname,formelement){	
	if (document.layers||document.getElementById||document.all) {
		return checkemail(formname,formelement)		
	} else {
		return true
	}
}