function derobotify_email(ad) {
	fullad=ad+"@"+"informationsoftworks"+"."+"com";
	return('<a href="' + "mai" + "lto" + ":" + fullad + '">' + fullad + "</a>");
}


		function validEmail(email) {
			invalidChars = " /:,;"
	
			if (email == "") { // cannot be empty
				return false
			}
			for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {	// does it contain any invalid characters?
				badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i)
				if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1) {
					return false
				}
			}
			atPos = email.indexOf("@",1) // there must be one "@" symbol
			if (atPos == -1) {
				return false
			}
			if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1) {	// and only one "@" symbol
				return false
			}
			periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
			if (periodPos == -1) { // and at least one "." after the "@"
				return false
			}
			if (periodPos+3 > email.length)	{ // must be at least 2 characters after the "."
				return false
			}
			return true
		}

		function validate(Form) {
			// check to see if the email's valid
			if (!validEmail(Form.mail.value)) {
				temp=Form.mail.value;
				if (Form.mail.value == "") { temp="(blank)" }
				alert("Hmmm.... I'm not sure I can mail to " + temp)
				Form.mail.focus()
				Form.mail.select()
				return false
			}
			return true
		}