String.prototype.trim = function()
        {
                var _ret = this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
                return _ret.replace(/^(\&nbsp\;)+|(\&nbsp\;)+$/g, '');
        }

function emailCheck (emailStr)
{
	var checkTLD=1;
	var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
	var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
	var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
	var atom=validChars + '+';
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);
	if (matchArray==null)
	{
		alert("Please enter a valid email address (check @ and .'s)");
		return false;
	}
	var user=matchArray[1];
	var domain=matchArray[2];
	for (i=0; i<user.length; i++)
	{
		if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127)
		{
			alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
			return false;
		}
	}
	for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++)
	{
		if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127)
		{
			alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
			return false;
		}
	}
	if (user.match(userPat)==null)
	{
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		return false;
	}
	var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
	if (IPArray!=null)
	{
		for (var i=1;i<=4;i++)
		{
			if (IPArray[i]>255)
			{
				alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}
	var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
	var domArr=domain.split(".");
	var len=domArr.length;
	for (i=0;i<len;i++)
	{
		if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1)
		{
			alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
			return false;
		}
	}
	if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1)
	{
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		return false;
	}
	if (len<2)
	{
		alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}