Sorry, misread your post.
Try Vlad's suggestion.
Otherwise, try

<a href="mailto:{email}">...</a>

>Hey David,
>
> How about an email link? The code I have is below.
>

>   <a href="{mailto:}" target="_blank">
>   <font size="1">
>      <xsl:value-of select="email"/>
>   </font></a>
>

>
>>>David,
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the response. How would I display a field as an email link?
>>
>>Use the curly braces {} around the attribute.
>>Here is the xsl that I use on my site to transform a
>>news feed into links:
>>