// uses instead of a standard "mailto" tag in order to prevent spammers from getting addresses from the site
function mail_selected()
{
   var strMailDomain
   var strSelected
   var strMailTo
   var lngSelected
   //
   // build domain name seperately to avoid spamming 
   strMailDomain = "@aplaceinfrance"
   strMailDomain += ".com"
   //
   lngSelected = document.mailselectedform.mailselect.selectedIndex;
   strSelected = document.mailselectedform.mailselect.options[lngSelected].text;
   strMailTo =   document.mailselectedform.mailselect.options[lngSelected].value;
   window.location.href = "mailto:"+strMailTo+strMailDomain+"?subject="+strSelected;
   return true;    
} // end func

// **** usage  example *****
// script include
// <script LANGUAGE="JavaScript" src=scripts/mailtoscript.js></script>

//  <!-- Mailto form -->
//    <form NAME="mailselectedform">
//      <font FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><b><div align="left"><p>Email Us...&nbsp; </p>
//      </div><div align="left"><p> </b>
//	  <select NAME="mailselect" SIZE="1">
//	     <option value = "webmaster">Join MS Developers </option>
//           <option value = "webmaster">General Enquiry </option>
//           <option value = "problems">Login Problem </option>
//           <option value = "problems">Broken Link </option>
//         </select><br><br>
//	 <input type="button" name="mailbutton" value="Mail Now..." onClick="mail_selected()"></p>
//    </div></font>
//  </form>