var email = document.

getElementById('txtEmail');
var filter = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+
$/;
if (!filter.test(email.value)) {
alert('Please provide a valid email address');
email.focus;
return false;