function emailCheck (emailStr)
{
	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
	var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
	var ipDomainPat=/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/
	var atom=validChars + '+'
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
	if (matchArray==null) 
	{
		//alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")

		return false
	}
	
	if ( emailStr.length > 160 ) // 160 is length of email field in t_attendee
	{
		//alert("Email address is > 160 characters")
		return false
	}
	var user=matchArray[1]
	var domain=matchArray[2]

	// 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
	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
	if (domainArray==null) {
		//alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
		return false
	}

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

	/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
	   it consists of. */
	var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
	var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
	var len=domArr.length
	if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2) {
	   //domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
	   // FSF 5/6/2003:  Remove restriction on top level domain length to accomodate
	   // new domains such as .museum
	   //alert("The address must end in a word at least 2 characters in length.")
	   return false
	}

	// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
	if (len<2) {
	   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
	   //alert(errStr)
	   return false
	}

	return true;
}