function concealMailLink(user, site, text) {
    var refadr   = "\"mailto:" + String(user).toLowerCase() + "@" + site + "\"";
    var linkText = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : user + "@" + site;
    document.write("<a href=" + refadr + ">" + linkText + "<\/a>");
  }

  function hasClass(obj) {
    // this function is needed to work around 
    // a bug in IE related to element attributes
    var result = false;
    if (obj.getAttributeNode("class") != null) {
      result = obj.getAttributeNode("class").value;
    }
    return result;
  }
         
  function stripe(id) {
    // "even" is the flag used to track 
    // the odd/even state of the current row.
    var even = false;

    // If arguments are provided to specify the colors
    // of the even & odd rows, then use the them;
    // else use the defaults:
    var evenColor = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : "#FFFAFA";
    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#eee";
  
    // obtain a reference to the desired table
    // if no such table exists, abort
    var table = document.getElementById(id);
    
    if (!table) { 
      return;
    }
    
    // by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
    // element, so we'll have to get the list of child
    // &lt;tbody&gt;s 
    var tbodies = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");

    // and iterate through them...
    for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {
    
     // find all the &lt;tr&gt; elements... 
      var trs = tbodies[h].getElementsByTagName("tr");
      
      // ... and iterate through them
      for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {

        // avoid rows that have a class attribute
        // or backgroundColor style
        if (! hasClass(trs[i]) &&
            ! trs[i].style.backgroundColor) {
 		  
          // get all the cells in this row...
          var tds = trs[i].getElementsByTagName("td");
        
          // and iterate through them...
          for (var j = 0; j < tds.length; j++) {
        
            var mytd = tds[j];

            // avoid cells that have a class attribute
            // or backgroundColor style
            if (! hasClass(mytd) &&
                ! mytd.style.backgroundColor) {
        
              mytd.style.backgroundColor =
                even ? evenColor : oddColor;
            
            }
          }
        // flip from odd to even, or vice-versa
        even =  ! even;
        }
      }
    }
  }