function checkSubmit(thisDept){
	
	var email = $('email').value;
	
	
	var message = "Please Fix the following: \r\n";
	
	

	
	var emailpat = /^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([\.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9])+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+$/;
	if( !email.match(emailpat) ) {
		message += "E-mail \r\n";
	}
	
					 
	
	
	
	if(message == "Please Fix the following: \r\n"){

			submitEmail(email,thisDept);
			
	} else {
			alert(message);
	}
	

	
	}
	
	
function submitEmail(email,thisDept){
		new Ajax.Updater( "EAlertContainer","php/ealerts.php", {
 	 method: 'post', parameters: { email: email,thisDept : thisDept } });
}