function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays){
	var exdate=new Date();
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
	document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+	((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toUTCString());
}

function getCookie(c_name){
	if (document.cookie.length>0){
		c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
		if (c_start!=-1){
			c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1;
			c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
			if (c_end==-1) {
				c_end=document.cookie.length;
			}
			return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
		}
	return "";
	}
}

function checkCookie(){
	var mailpopup=getCookie('mailpopup');
	if (mailpopup!=null && mailpopup!=""){
		alert (mailpopup);
	}else {
		setCookie('mailpopup','alreadySeen',365);
		 //TB_show('','mailinglist.html?height=260&width=630&modal=true');
		 tb_show("","mailinglist.html?height=260&width=630&modal=true","");
		 return
    }
}