Couldn't you do something similar to Squishdot's "validArticle" dtml method? In addition to verification that the fields are filled in, you could pass the email variable off to a python regular expression that checks for x@x.x syntax. -ed- At 07:21 PM 7/21/00 -0400, you wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Duncan Booth wrote:

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Use javascript to check that all required fields are present before the form is actually submitted. Here is some of the code I use:

Note, however, that using Javascript to do the checking client side is only useful as a user convenience.