function validate_form(theForm)
{

  if (theForm.Name.value == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter a value for the \"Name\" field.");
    theForm.Name.focus();
    return (false);
  }

// checks if the e-mail address is valid
var emailStr = (theForm.Email.value)
var emailPat = /^(\".*\"|[A-Za-z]\w*)@(\[\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}]|[A-Za-z]\w*(\.[A-Za-z]\w*)+)$/;
var matchArray = emailStr.match(emailPat);
if (matchArray == null) {
alert("Your email address seems incorrect.  Please try again (check the '@' and '.'s in the email address)");
return false;
}
// make sure the IP address domain is valid
var IPArray = matchArray[2].match(/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/);
if (IPArray != null) {
for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
if (IPArray[i]>255) {
alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
return false;
      }
   }
}


  return (true);
}