function makeRequest(emailaddress) {
 
	//alert('sending');

	var httpRequest;

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
			httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			// See note below about this line
		}
        } 
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } 
                catch (e) {
			try {
                        	httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        } 
                        catch (e) {}
 		}
        }

	if (!httpRequest) {
		alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}


	//if (reqtype == "loadQuickSearch")  {        
	//	httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContentsLoadQuickSearch(httpRequest); };
	//}
	//else  {
	//	httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest); };
	//}

	//alert('brochureajaxpost.aspx?emailaddress=' + emailaddress);	

        httpRequest.open('GET','brochureajaxpost.aspx?emailaddress=' + emailaddress, true);
	httpRequest.send(null);

}