function isValidEmail(email) {
    if ( !allValidChars(email)) {  // check to make sure all characters are valid
        return false;
    }
    if (email.indexOf("@") < 1) { //  must contain @, and it must not be the first character
        return false;
    }
    else if (email.lastIndexOf(".") <= email.indexOf("@")) {  // last dot must be after the @
        return false;
    }
    else if (email.indexOf("@") == email.length) {  // @ must not be the last character
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

function allValidChars(email) {
  var parsed = true;
  var validchars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789@_.-";
  for (var i=0; i < email.length; i++) {
    var letter = email.charAt(i).toLowerCase();
    if (validchars.indexOf(letter) != -1)
      continue;
    parsed = false;
    break;
  }
  return parsed;
}