function isEmailValid( email ){
				// validate if empty
				if( email == "" ){
						return false;
				}
				
				// validate emails
				var emailFilter = /^[^@]+@[^@.]+\.[^@]*\w\w$/ ;
				if (!(emailFilter.test(email))) { 
					return false;
				}
				
				var illegalChars= /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\/\"\[\]]/
				if (email.match(illegalChars)) {
					return false;
				}
				return true;
		}
		
		function removeTagsFromInput( data ){
			var re= /<\S[^>]*>/g; 
			data  = data.replace(re,""); 
			return data;
		}