problem with jquery.form.js and preventing event propagation

Question

I'm working on a single-page site with sliding content.

I'm using jquery.form.js and am using the following in the head to initialise the contact form/script:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() { 

    $('#closeit').click(function(){
    $('.message').hide('slow');
    return false;
    });

    var options = { 
    target:        '#alert',
    }; 

    $('#contactForm').bind('submit', function() {
        $(this).ajaxSubmit(options);
        e.stopPropagation();
        return false;
    });


    $.fn.clearForm = function() {
      return this.each(function() {
        var type = this.type, tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
        if (tag == 'form')
          return $(':input',this).clearForm();
        if (type == 'text' || type == 'password' || tag == 'textarea')
          this.value = '';
        else if (type == 'checkbox' || type == 'radio')
          this.checked = false;
        else if (tag == 'select')
          this.selectedIndex = -1;
      });
    };  
</script>

I'm also using the following to prevent event propagation when the user clicks anywhere within the form:

$(function() {
    $('#email-form').click(fillForm);
});
function fillForm(e){
        e.stopPropagation();
        return false;
}

But when I click the 'submit' button, the form is not submitted. I can't think how to fix this so that the form is submitted without the event bubbling.

Any guidance/assistance would be much appreciated.

MTIA.

(Here's my form for the record:)

<form action="sendmemail.php" method="post" id="contactForm">
<ul>
    <li>
        <div class="field-row">
            <div class="field-name"><p>name:<span class="abbrev">*</span></div>
            <div class="field-box"><input type="text" class="allfields" name="name" id="name"/></div>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <div class="field-row">
            <div class="field-name"><p>email:<span class="abbrev">*</span></div>
            <div class="field-box"><input type="text" class="allfields" name="email" id="email"/></div>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <div class="field-row">
            <div class="field-name"><p>phone:<span class="abbrev">*</span></div>
            <div class="field-box"><input type="text" class="allfields" name="tele" id="tele"/></div>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <div class="field-row message-field">
            <div class="field-name"><p>message:<span class="abbrev">*</span></div>
            <div class="field-box">
                <textarea class="allfields messagetext" name="message" id="message"></textarea>
            </div>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li class="submitbutton">
        <input type="submit" name="submitbutton" id="submitbutton" value=" SUBMIT" />
    </li>
</ul>

Answer 1

How is user gonna submit form if you even forbid him to click using your

$(function() {
    $('#email-form').click(fillForm);
});
function fillForm(e){
        e.stopPropagation();
        return false;
}