function emailCheck (strIn) {
	var emailStr = strIn.toLowerCase()
	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) {
		/* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
		even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */

		//alert("Please enter valid Email address, for example: \"Jim@MSN.com\". Thanks!");
		return false;
	}

	var user=matchArray[1];
	var domain=matchArray[2];

// Start by checking that only basic ASCII characters are in the strings (0-127).

	for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
		if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
		alert("Ths username 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;
	   }
	}

// See if "user" is valid 

	if (user.match(userPat)==null) {

// user is not valid

		alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
		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) {
alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
return false;
   }
}
return true;
}

// Domain is symbolic name.  Check if it's valid.
 
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;
   }
}

/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
known top-level domain (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
the domain or country. */

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;
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.

if (len<2) {
alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
return false;
}

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}