function validEmail(email) {

	invalidChars = " /:,;"
	
	if (email == "") {
		return false
	}
	for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++){	
		badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i)
		if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1){
			return false
		}
	}
	atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)
	if (atPos == -1) {
		return false
	}
	if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) > -1){
		return false
	}
	periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
	if (periodPos == -1) {
		return false
	}
	if (periodPos+3 > email.length){
		return false
	}
	return true
		
}