public static function verifyFormatting($p_address)
    {
        if (strstr($p_address, "@") == false) {
            return false;
        } else {
            list($user, $domain) = explode('@', $p_address);
            if (strstr($domain, '.') == false) {
                return false;
            } else {
                return true;
            }
        }
    }