function validEmail(eMail) {
	var invalidChars = " /:,;"		// if the password is blank, or does not equal the validation, fail validation
	if (eMail == "" ) {return false}		
	for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {			
		var badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i)					
		// Check if email address has invalid characters
		if (eMail.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1) {return false}  			
	}
	var atPos = eMail.indexOf("@", 1)			
	// Check if email address has an "@" symbol
	if (atPos == -1) {return false}              
	// Check if email address has one and only one @ symbol
	if (eMail.indexOf("@",atPos+1) > -1) {return false}  
	var periodPos = eMail.indexOf(".", atPos)	
	// Check if email address has at least one "." after the "@" symbol
	if (periodPos == -1) {return false}                         
	// Check if email address has at least 2 characters after the "." symbol
	if (periodPos+3 > eMail.length) {return false}       
	return true
}