// popupFeatures has defaults for the NEWS popup window
var popupFeatures = "width=400,height=250,alwaysRaised=yes,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no,titlebar=no";

// maillink is used to hide an email link
function maillink(user,server,reftext)
{
  if (reftext==undefined)
    document.write("<a href=" + "ma" + "ilto:" + user + "&#64;" + server + ">" + user + "&#64;" + server + "</a>");
  else
    document.write("<a href=" + "ma" + "ilto:" + user + "&#64;" + server + ">" + reftext + "</a>");
};

// This generates a date string as "081125"
//  var now = new Date();
//  var today = now.getYear() % 100
//  today = (today * 100) + (now.getMonth() + 1) // January is 0
//  today = (today * 100) + now.getDate()
//  document.write("today is ",today);