function e_friend() {
	
  if (document.getElementById && document.createTextNode) {	
	
	var e = document.getElementById("emadd").value;
	var s = document.getElementById("subj").value;
	var e_tomatch = /^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$/;
	var e_ismatch = e_tomatch.test(e);
    var s_noHTML = s.replace(/<&#91;^>&#93;*>/g, "");
	
	if (!e_ismatch) {
	  window.alert("An invalid e-mail address was entered. Please correct and resubmit.");
	  return false;
	}
	else {
      if ( (s_noHTML == "") || (s_noHTML == null) ) {
        s_noHTML = "Hi!";
	  }
      window.location="mailto:"+e+"?subject="+s_noHTML;
      return false;
	}
  }
  
}