function email_validate(thisform)
{
	
// BOI(^), followed by one or more characters(.+), followed by @(\@),
// followed by one or more characters(.+), followed by .(\.), 
// followed by one or more characters(.+), followed by EOI($).

	var reEmail = /^.+\@.+\..+$/ 

	if (thisform.email.value=="") {
		alert("Please enter a value for the \"email\" field.");
		thisform.email.focus();
		return (false);
		}
	if (! reEmail.test(thisform.email.value))
		{
		alert("Please enter a proper email address.\n (eg. joe@site.com)");
		thisform.email.focus();
		return (false);
		}

}