@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@
 
 function validate_email($email)
 { 
-        if (eregi("(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)", $email) || !eregi ("^.+\@(\[?)[-_a-zA-Z0-9\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$", $email)) { 
+/*	Lines commented out to correct problem in register.php
+*
+*        if (eregi("(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)", $email) || !eregi ("^.+\@(\[?)[-a-zA-Z0-9\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$", $email)) {
+*
+*	Commented regex is BROKEN. Second regex of parse returns opposite 
+*	value of actual. Changed to perl regex matching.
+*/
+	if (eregi("(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)", $email) || !preg_match("/^.+\@[-_a-zA-Z0-9\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})$/" ;, $email)) {
                 return 1; 
         } 
         else {