function validateFields() {
var frmEl = document.getElementById('cForm');
var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
var posRegard = document.getElementById('posRegard');
var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
var strCC = document.getElementById('selfCC');
var whiteSpace = /^[\s]+$/;

var checkEmail_at = posEmail.value.indexOf('@');             // Andreas Gabriel
var checkEmail_point = posEmail.value.indexOf('.');          // Andreas Gabriel
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	if ( posText.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posText.value) ) {
		//alert("You're trying to send an Empty Email. Please type something and then get on your way.");
		alert("Bitte geben Sie Informationen in die vorgesehenen Felder ein.");
	} else if ( posEmail.value == '' && strCC.checked == true ) {
		alert("Wenn Sie eine Kopie dieser E-Mail erhalten wollen, dann müssen Sie eine E-Mail-Adresse eingeben!");
		posEmail.focus();
	} else if ( posEmail.value != '' )  {                    // Andreas Gabriel
        if ( checkEmail_at < 1 || checkEmail_point < 1 ) {
		  alert("Die eingegebene E-Mail-Adresse ist nicht gültig!");
		  posEmail.focus();
        } else {
          sendPosEmail();
        }
	} else {
		sendPosEmail();
	}
}
function sendPosEmail () {
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
	var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
	var posCEmail = document.getElementById('posCEmail');
	var posRegard = document.getElementById('posRegard');
	var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
	var strCC = document.getElementById('selfCC').checked;
	var page = "scripts/xmlHttpRequest.php?contact=true&xml=true";
	
	showContactTimer(); // quickly begin the load bar
	success.style.display = 'none'; // hide the success bar (incase this is a multi-email
	
	// convert (&, +, =) to string equivs. Needed so URL encoded POST won't choke.
	var str1 = posName.value;
	str1 = str1.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str1 = str1.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str1 = str1.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str2 = posEmail.value;
	str2 = str2.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str2 = str2.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str2 = str2.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str3 = posRegard.value;
	str3 = str3.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str3 = str3.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str3 = str3.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str4 = posText.value;
	str4 = str4.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str4 = str4.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str4 = str4.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str5 = posCEmail.value;
	str5 = str5.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str5 = str5.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str5 = str5.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	
	
	var stuff = "selfCC="+strCC+"&posName="+str1+"&posEmail="+str2+"&posRegard="+str3+"&posText="+str4+"&posCEmail="+str5;
	loadXMLPosDoc(page,stuff)
}
function showContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	loader.style.display = 'block';
	sentTimer = setTimeout("hideContactTimer()",6000);
}

function hideContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	var fieldArea = document.getElementById('contactFormArea');
	var inputs = fieldArea.getElementsByTagName('input');
	var inputsLen = inputs.length;
	var tAreas = fieldArea.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
	var tAreasLen = tAreas.length;
	// Hide the load bar alas! Done Loading
	loader.style.display = "none";
	success.style.display = "block";
	success.innerHTML = '<strong style="color:#666666;">'+grabPosXML("confirmation")+'</strong>';
	// Now Hijack the form elements
	for ( i=0;i<inputsLen;i++ ) {
		if ( inputs[i].getAttribute('type') == 'text' ) {
			inputs[i].value = '';
		}
	}
	for ( j=0;j<tAreasLen;j++ ) {
		tAreas[j].value = '';
	}
}

function ajaxContact() 
{
    try 
	{
        var frmEl = document.getElementById('cForm');
        addEvent(frmEl, 'submit', validateFields, false);
        frmEl.onsubmit = function() { return false; }
    }
    catch (e)
    {
    }
}
addEvent(window, 'load',ajaxContact, false);