function validateEmail() {
// check if email field is blank
	if (document.frmenquiry.email.value == "")
		{
		alert("Please enter a value for the \email\ field.");
		frmenquiry.email.focus();
		return (false);
		}

		// test if valid email address, must have @ and .
		var checkEmail = "@.";
		var checkStr = frmenquiry.email.value;
		var EmailValid = false;
		var EmailAt = false;
		var EmailPeriod = false;
		for (i = 0;  i < checkStr.length;  i++)
		{
		ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
		for (j = 0;  j < checkEmail.length;  j++)
		{
		if (ch == checkEmail.charAt(j) && ch == "@")
		EmailAt = true;
		if (ch == checkEmail.charAt(j) && ch == ".")
		EmailPeriod = true;
			if (EmailAt && EmailPeriod)
				break;
	  		if (j == checkEmail.length)
		break;
		}
			// if both the @ and . were in the string
		if (EmailAt && EmailPeriod)
		{
		EmailValid = true
		break;
		}
		}
		if (!EmailValid)
		{
		alert("The \email\ field must contain an \"@\" and a \".\".");
			frmenquiry.email.focus();
		return (false);
	}		
			

return true;
	}