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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  | #! /bin/bash
##  $Revision: 1.13 $
##  Default control-message handler
##  Set prog to null; that will leave the name of the message in $1
PROG=default
##  Some shells don't pass in $* unless we explicitly pass it in here.
##  =()<. @<_PATH_PARSECTL>@ "$@">()=
. /usr/lib/news/bin/parsecontrol "$@"
case ${ACTION} in
mail)
    sed -e 's/^~/~~/' <${ARTICLE} \
        | ${MAILCMD} -s "Unknown control message by ${FROM}" ${NEWSMASTER}
    ;;
doit|logit)
    ${WRITELOG} ${LOGFILE} "Unknown control message by ${FROM}" \
	    ${NEWSMASTER} <${ARTICLE}
    ;;
esac
exit
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