function validateForm(appForm) {
    
        if (appForm.name.value == "") {
        alert("Please enter your name")
        appForm.name.focus()
        return false
    }
    
        if (appForm.email.value == "") {
        alert("Please enter your email address")
        appForm.email.focus()
        return false
    }
    
        if (appForm.phone.value == "") {
        alert("Please enter your telephone number")
        appForm.phone.focus()
        return false
    }
        if (appForm.state.value == "") {
        alert("Please select a location")
        appForm.state.focus()
        return false
    }
 if (appForm.email.value != "") {
        var checkTLD=1;
        var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
        var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
        var matchArray=email.value.match(emailPat);
        var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
        var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
        var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
        var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
        var atom=validChars + '+';
        var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
        var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
        var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
        
        if (matchArray==null) {
        alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)");
        return false;
}
        var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];

for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths username contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}
for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {

// user is not valid

alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
return false;
}

var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {

// this is an IP address

for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
if (IPArray[i]>255) {
alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
return false;
   }
}
return true;
}

var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
var domArr=domain.split(".");
var len=domArr.length;
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
return false;
   }
}

if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
alert("The address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
return false;
}

if (len<2) {
alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
return false;
}
        }

    
}