function isValidEmail(str) {

 return (str.indexOf(".") > 2) && (str.indexOf("@") > 0);
}

function validateForm() {
//alert("checking the form");

if (document.newsletterform.name.value == "") {
document.newsletterform.name.focus();
alert('Please enter your name.');
return false;
}

if ( !isValidEmail(document.newsletterform.email.value) ) {
document.newsletterform.email.focus();
alert('Please enter a valid email address.');
return false;
}


if (!document.newsletterform.reason.selectedIndex) {
document.newsletterform.reason.focus();
alert('Please specify your area of interest.');
return false;
}

//alert("gonna send it through");
//document.newsletterform.submit();
return true;

}