function emailVal()
{



if (document.theForm.email.value == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
    document.theForm.email.focus();
    return (false);
  }

  if (document.theForm.email.value.length < 7)
  {
    alert("Please enter at least 7 characters in the \"email\" field.");
    document.theForm.email.focus();
    return (false);
  }

  if (document.theForm.email.value.length > 50)
  {
    alert("Please enter at most 50 characters in the \"email\" field.");
    document.theForm.email.focus();
    return (false);
  }

if (document.theForm.email.value.indexOf("@", 0) < 0)
 {
    alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
    document.theForm.email.focus();
    return (false);
 }

if (document.theForm.email.value.indexOf(".", 0) < 0)
 {
    alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
    document.theForm.email.focus();
    return false;
 }

  if (document.theForm.email.value.indexOf("www.", 0) >= 0)
 {
	alert ("Please enter a valid e-mail address. Valid email addresses do not start with \" www.\"");
	document.theForm.email.focus();
	return(false);
}

  if (document.theForm.email.value.indexOf(",", 0) >= 0)
 {
	alert ("Please enter a valid e-mail address. Valid email addresses do not contain commas.");
	document.theForm.email.focus();
	return(false);
}


  return (true);
}