function validEmail (email){
        invalidChars = " / : , ; "
        if (email == ""){               //cannot be empty
                return false;
        }
  atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)  //there must be "@" symbol
        if (atPos == -1){
                return false;
        }

        if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1){   //only one "@" symbol allowed
                return false ;
        }

        periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
        if (periodPos == -1){
          return false ;
        }
    if (periodPos+3 > email.length){
                return false ;
        }

        return true ;

    }
function verify(form){
if (form.company.value=="")

        {
                alert('Please enter your company name');
		form.company.focus();
                form.company.select();
                return false;
        }
if (form.requester.value=="")
        {
                alert('Please enter your name.');
		form.requester.focus();
                form.requester.select();
                return false;
       }
if (form.phone.value=="")
        {
                alert('Please enter your phone number.');
		form.phone.focus();
                form.phone.select();
                return false;
       }
if (form.email.value=="")
        {
                alert('Please enter your email address.');
                return false;
        }
if (!validEmail (form.email.value)){
                alert ("Invalid email address");
          form.email.focus();
                form.email.select();
            return false ;
        }
if (form.state.value=="")
        {       
                alert('Please enter your state or country');
                form.state.focus();
                form.state.select();
                return false;
       }

        return true;

  }