var supportsKeys = false 
function tick() { 
 calcCharLeft(document.forms[0]) 
 if (!supportsKeys) timerID = setTimeout("tick()",1000) 
} 

function calcCharLeft(sig) { 
 clipped = false 
 maxLength = 150 
 if (document.webEmailForm.Message.value.length > maxLength) 
   { 
   document.webEmailForm.Message.value = document.webEmailForm.Message.value.substring(0,maxLength) 
   charleft = 0 
   clipped = true 
   } 
 else 
   { 
   charleft = maxLength - document.webEmailForm.Message.value.length 
   } 
   document.webEmailForm.msgCL.value = charleft 
   return clipped 
 } 

tick();