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#! /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