function verifyEmail(){
var status = false;     
var emailRegEx = /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i;
     if (document.myform.email1.value.search(emailRegEx) == -1) {
          alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
     }
     else if (document.myform.email1.value != document.myform.email2.value) {
          alert("Email addresses do not match.  Please retype them to make sure they are the same.");
     }
     else {
          alert("Woohoo!  The email address is in the correct format and they are the same.");
          status = true;
     }
     return status;
}