function chknews()

{

	strMsg = "";

	strMsg += "";

	f = 0;

	o = document.frm2

	if(checkEmail2(o.client_newsemail.value) == "0") {f = 1; strMsg += "* Please fill up the Email Address and Submit\n";}

	if(f==1) {

		alert(strMsg);

		return false;

	}

	else {

		return true;

		//o.submit();

	}

}



function checkEmail2()

	{

	//	alert("Fired");

		//Returns "0" for invalid email address and "1" for valid

	

	var strEmail, strError, countAtRate, countDot, i;

	var checkAtRate, checkDot;

	var ValidChars,CountValidChars;

	ValidChars="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_.@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-";

	strEmail = checkEmail2.arguments[0];

	countAtRate=0;

	countDot=0;

	CountValidChars=0;

	if (strEmail.length >= 7)

		{

		for(i=0;i<strEmail.length;i++)

			{

			if(strEmail.charAt(i)=="@")

				countAtRate++;

			if(strEmail.charAt(i)==".")

				countDot++;

			CountValidChars=0;

			for(j=0;j<ValidChars.length;j++)

				{

				if(strEmail.charAt(i)==ValidChars.charAt(j))

					{

					CountValidChars++;

					}

				}

			if(CountValidChars==0)

				{

				strError=0;

				break;

				}

			}

		}

	checkAtRate=strEmail.indexOf("@",1);

	checkDot=strEmail.indexOf(".",1);

	for(i=1;i<countDot;i++)

		checkDot=strEmail.indexOf(".",checkDot+1);

	if(countAtRate==1 && countDot > 0 && strEmail.length >=7 && strError != 0)

		strError=1;

	else

		strError=0;

	if(checkDot>=strEmail.length-2)

		strError=0;

	if(strEmail.charAt(0)=="@" || strEmail.charAt(strEmail.length-1)=="@")

		strError=0;

	if(strEmail.charAt(0)=="." || strEmail.charAt(strEmail.length-1)==".")

		strError=0;

	if(checkDot < checkAtRate)

		strError=0;



	return strError;

	}