MailingList = {

	checkForm : function() {
	
		if ( MailingList.validateEmail( $('email').value ) == true ) {
			
			$('email2').value = $('email').value;
			return true;
		
		} else {
		
			alert('The email address is invalid');
			return false;
	
		}
		
	},
	
	validateEmail : function (email) { 
		
		var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/; 
		return emailPattern.test(email); 
		
	}

}