function validEmail(email) {
			invalidChars = " /:,;"
	    
		   		
			if (email == "") {						// cannot be empty
				return false
			}
			for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {	// does it contain any invalid characters?
				badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i)
				if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1) {
					return false
				}
			}
			atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)			// there must be one "@" symbol
			if (atPos == -1) {
				return false
			}
			if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1) {	// and only one "@" symbol
				return false
			}
			periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
			if (periodPos == -1) {					// and at least one "." after the "@"
				return false
			}
			if (periodPos+3 > email.length)	{		// must be at least 2 characters after the "."
				return false
			}
			return true
		}

		function validName(inName) {					// Are either of the name fields empty?
			if (inName == "") {
				return true
			}
			
			return false
		}
		
		

		function submitIt(email_form) {

			subscribeChoice = email_form.dist_list.selectedIndex
			if (email_form.dist_list.options[subscribeChoice].value == "") {
			alert("You must enter at least one distribution list")
			return false
			}
	
			// check to see if the email's valid
			if (!validEmail(email_form.email.value)) {
				alert("Invalid email address")
				email_form.email.focus()
				email_form.email.select()
				return false
			}
	
            if (email_form.first_name.value == "") {
				alert("You must enter a First Name")
				email_form.first_name.focus()
				return false
			}
			
	        if (email_form.surname.value == "") {
				alert("You must enter a Surname")
				email_form.surname.focus()
				return false
			}
			
			if (email_form.postcode.value == "") {
				alert("You must enter a Postcode")
				email_form.postcode.focus()
				return false
			}
			
			if (email_form.country.value == "") {
				alert("You must enter a Country")
				email_form.country.focus()
				return false
			}
			
			
			if(email_form.email.value!=email_form.email_1.value){
                alert("The entered email addresses do not match")
                email_form.email.focus()
                email_form.email_1.select()
                return false
			}
				
			// If we made it to here, everything's valid, so return true
			return true
		}