function check_request_information(form)
{
	
if (form.contact_method[0].checked)
{

if (form.email.value == "")
{
alert("Please enter your email address in the space provided");
return false;
}

var invalidChars = '\/\'\\ ";:?!()[]\{\}^|';
for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {
   if (form.email.value.indexOf(invalidChars.charAt(i),0) > -1) {
      alert('email address contains invalid characters');
      return false;
   }
}
for (i=0; i<form.email.value.length; i++) {
   if (form.email.value.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
      alert("email address contains non ascii characters.");
      return false;
   }
}

var atPos = form.email.value.indexOf('@',0);
if (atPos == -1) {
   alert('email address must contain an @');
   return false;
}
if (atPos == 0) {
   alert('email address must not start with @');
   return false;
}
if (form.email.value.indexOf('@', atPos + 1) > - 1) {
   alert('email address must contain only one @');
   return false;
}
if (form.email.value.indexOf('.', atPos) == -1) {
   alert('email address must contain a period in the domain name');
   return false;
}
if (form.email.value.indexOf('@.',0) != -1) {
   alert('period must not immediately follow @ in email address');
   return false;
}
if (form.email.value.indexOf('.@',0) != -1){
   alert('period must not immediately precede @ in email address');
   return false;
}
if (form.email.value.indexOf('..',0) != -1) {
   alert('two periods must not be adjacent in email address');
   return false;
}
var suffix = form.email.value.substring(form.email.value.lastIndexOf('.')+1);
if (suffix.length != 2 && 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') {
   alert('invalid primary domain in email address');
   return false;
}

}

if (form.contact_method[1].checked)
{
	
	if (form.telephone.value == "")
	{
	alert('Please enter your telephone number in the space provided');
	return false;
	}

}

return true;

}


function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
if (field.value.length > maxlimit)
{field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);}
else
{countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;}
}