function parseEmail(thisValue) {

	var emailError = false;

	var invalidChars = " /:,;"



	for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {

		var badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i);



		if (thisValue.indexOf(badChar, 0) > -1) {

			emailError = true;

		}

	}



	var atPos = thisValue.indexOf("@", 1)



	if (atPos == -1) {

		emailError = true;

	}



	if (thisValue.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1) {

		emailError = true;

	}



	var periodPos = thisValue.indexOf(".", atPos)

	if (periodPos == -1) {

		emailError = true;

	}



	if (periodPos+3 > thisValue.length) {

		emailError = true;

	}



	if (emailError == true) {

		return true;

	}

}