function checkForm(theForm) {

      if (theForm.email.value == " enter email address" || theForm.email.value == "" || theForm.email.value == null || theForm.email.value.charAt(0) == ' ') {
        alert("B-Active || please enter your e-mail address")
        theForm.email.focus()
        return false;
      }
      <!-- Check if EMAIL is Valid -->
      validRegExp = /^[^@]+@[^@]+.[a-z]{2,}$/i;
      // search email text for regular exp matches
      if (theForm.email.value.search(validRegExp) == -1) {
        alert("B-Active || please enter a valid e-mail address");
        theForm.email.focus()
        return false;
      }
      return true;
    }