diff --git a/source/_helpers.rb b/source/_helpers.rb
index 2eca937..43377dc 100644
--- a/source/_helpers.rb
+++ b/source/_helpers.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ module Helpers
   
   # My added helpers
   
+  def to_html_email(address)
+    email = string_to_html(address)
+    "<a href=\"#{string_to_html('mailto:')}#{email}\">#{email}</a>"
+  end
+
+  def string_to_html(s)
+    s.strip.unpack("C*").map{|ch| "&#" + ch.to_s + ";" }.to_s
+  end
+  
   def show_part (file)
     data = ''
     f = File.open(Dir.pwd+"/source/"+file)