$.validator.setDefaults({
	submitHandler: function() { alert("submitted!"); }
});
$().ready(function() {
	$("#newsletter").validate({
		rules: {
			email: {
				required: true,
				email: true
			}
		}, 
        messages: { 
            email: { 
                required: "Geben Sie bitte eine richtige E-Mailadresse ein!"
            }
        }, 
        submitHandler: function(form) { 
            // do other stuff for a valid form 
           form.submit(); 
        }, 
        errorElement: 'span', 
        errorPlacement: function(error, element) { 
            error.appendTo(element.next()); 
        }, 
        //wrapper: 'div class="error"' 
        success: "valid" 
        /*success: function(label) { 
            label.addClass("valid"); 
        }*/ 
    });

});