function validateEmailNewVal(addr,man,db) {
	if (addr == '' && man) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Please enter your email address"; //alert('email address is mandatory');
	return false;
	}
	var invalidChars = '\/\'\\ ";:?!()[]\{\}^|';
	for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {
	if (addr.indexOf(invalidChars.charAt(i),0) > -1) {
		if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML="Email address contains invalid characters";//alert('email address contains invalid characters');
		return false;
	}
	}
	for (i=0; i<addr.length; i++) {
	if (addr.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Email address contains non ascii characters."; //alert("email address contains non ascii characters.");
		return false;
	}
	}

	var atPos = addr.indexOf('@',0);
	if (atPos == -1) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Email address must contain an @"; //alert('email address must contain an @');
	return false;
	}
	if (atPos == 0) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Email address must not start with @"; //alert('email address must not start with @');
	return false;
	}
	if (addr.indexOf('@', atPos + 1) > - 1) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Email address must contain only one @"; //alert('email address must contain only one @');
	return false;
	}
	if (addr.indexOf('.', atPos) == -1) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Email address must contain a period in the domain name"; //alert('email address must contain a period in the domain name');
	return false;
	}
	if (addr.indexOf('@.',0) != -1) {
	    if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML = "Email must not immediately follow @ in email address"; //alert('period must not immediately follow @ in email address');
	return false;
	}
	if (addr.indexOf('.@',0) != -1){
	if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML="Period must not immediately precede @ in email address";//alert('period must not immediately precede @ in email address');
	return false;
	}
	if (addr.indexOf('..',0) != -1) {
	if (db)document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML="Two periods must not be adjacent in email address";// alert('two periods must not be adjacent in email address');
	return false;
	}
	var suffix = addr.substring(addr.lastIndexOf('.')+1);

	if (suffix.length == 2 && suffix != 'ie' && suffix != 'uk')
	{
	if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML="Invalid primary domain in email address"; 
	return false;
    }
	//alert('invalid primary domain in email address');
	if (suffix.length == 3 && suffix != 'com' && suffix != 'net' && suffix != 'org' && suffix != 'edu' && suffix != 'int' && suffix != 'mil' && suffix != 'gov' & suffix != 'arpa' && suffix != 'biz' && suffix != 'aero' && suffix != 'name' && suffix != 'coop' && suffix != 'info' && suffix != 'pro' && suffix != 'museum') {
	if (db) document.getElementById("spanForEmailVal").innerHTML="Invalid primary domain in email address";//alert('invalid primary domain in email address');
	return false;
	}
	return true;
}