//var HOST = '';
        // Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Athenia Associates.
        // http://www.webreference.com/js/
        // License is granted if and only if this entire
        // copyright notice is included. By Tomer Shiran.

        function setCookie (name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
            var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") + ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
            document.cookie = curCookie;
            // alert("setting cookie "+ curCookie)
        }

        function getCookie (name) {
            var prefix = name + '=';
            var c = document.cookie;
            // alert ("getting "+document.cookie);
            var nullstring = '';
            var cookieStartIndex = c.indexOf(prefix);
            if (cookieStartIndex == -1)
                return nullstring;
            var cookieEndIndex = c.indexOf(";", cookieStartIndex + prefix.length);
            if (cookieEndIndex == -1)
                cookieEndIndex = c.length;
            return unescape(c.substring(cookieStartIndex + prefix.length, cookieEndIndex));
        }

        function deleteCookie (name, path, domain) {
            if (getCookie(name))
                document.cookie = name + "=" + ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
        }

        function fixDate (date) {
            var base = new Date(0);
            var skew = base.getTime();
            if (skew > 0)
                date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
        }

       function rememberMe (f) {
            var now = new Date();
            fixDate(now);
            now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
            // function setCookie (name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
            setCookie('cmtauth', f.author.value, now, '/', '', '');
            setCookie('cmtmail', f.email.value, now, '/', '', '');
            setCookie('cmthome', f.url.value, now, '/', '', '');
        }

	function forgetMe (f) {
	    deleteCookie('cmtmail', '/', '');
	    deleteCookie('cmthome', '/', '');
	    deleteCookie('cmtauth', '/', '');
/*	    f.email.value = '';
	    f.author.value = '';
	    f.url.value = '';
*/	}


function rememberemail (f) {
            var now = new Date();
            fixDate(now);
            now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
            // function setCookie (name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)

            setCookie('cmtmail', f.email.value, now, '/', '', '');

        }