function confirmmessage() {
	if (request.readyState == 4) {
		if (request.status == 200) {
			var message = request.responseText;
			alert(message);
			
			//magic away the message div
			var messagediv = document.getElementById("messagediv");
			messagediv.style.display = 'none';
		} else {
			alert("Error! Request status is " + request.status);
		}
	}
}