// JavaScript Document

var http_request = false;
	
function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) 
{
	http_request = false;
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // Mozilla, Safari,...
	{ 
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) 
		{
			// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
			//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
		}
	} 
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) // IE
	{ 
		try 
		{
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}
		catch (e) 
		{
			try 
			{
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} 
			catch (e) {}
		}
	}
	
	if (!http_request) 
	{
		alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
  
	http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
	http_request.open('POST', url, true);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	http_request.send(parameters);
}

function alertContents() 
{
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) 
	{
		if (http_request.status == 200) 
		{
			result = http_request.responseText;
			document.getElementById('theResponse').innerHTML = result;
		} 
		else 
		{
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		}
	}
}

function submitEmailAddy()
{
	var poststr = "email=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("email").value);
	makePOSTRequest('mailing.php', poststr);
}