var req;

function loadXMLDoc(url) 
{
    // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        req.onreadystatechange = processReqChange;
        req.open("GET", url, true);
        req.send(null);
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (req) { 
            req.onreadystatechange = processReqChange;
            req.open("GET", url, true);
            req.send();
        }
    }
}

function processReqChange() 
{
    // only if req shows "complete"
    if (req.readyState == 4) {
        // only if "OK"
        if (req.status == 200) {	 
          response  = req.responseText;
					if (response) {
					
					  document.getElementById('emailArea').innerHTML = 'Thank you for signing up!';
          }
    }
}
}


function sendEmail(email)
{
    url  = 
      'phpmail.php?email='+email;
    loadXMLDoc(url);

}