function signUp(){

theform = document.joinlist;
subscriber = theform.email.value;

// check for absence of @ and . plus screen out blank responses
if (subscriber.indexOf("@") == -1 || subscriber.indexOf(".") == -1 || subscriber == "" || subscriber == "your email") {
        alert("Please try typing that again. \n\"" + subscriber + "\" doesn't look right.");
	theform.email.focus();
	}

// if address is OK, blur input field, send subscriber value to dummy form, submit dummy form, and
// call function to hide signup form and show thankyou message
else {
	theform.email.blur();
	theform.action = "http://www.laughing-stock.org/cgi-bin/lsrlist.pl";
	theform.submit();
	}
}


function noSpam(user,domain,subject) {
 locationstring = "mailto:" + user + "@" + domain + "?subject=" + subject;
 window.location = locationstring;
}