#! /bin/sh
# rmgroup group - snuff group

# =()<. ${NEWSCONFIG-@<NEWSCONFIG>@}>()=
. ${NEWSCONFIG-/var/lib/news/bin/config}
export NEWSCTL NEWSBIN NEWSARTS
PATH=$NEWSCTL/bin:$NEWSBIN:$NEWSPATH ; export PATH
umask $NEWSUMASK

hdr=/tmp/nc$$

canonhdr >$hdr

# unapproved ctl msg? then quit
egrep '^Approved:' $hdr >/dev/null || { rm -f $hdr; exit 0; }

# quit if no active entry
# escape egrep metacharacters.  In theory one could add " ' ` \ to the list.
egreppat="^(` echo "$1" | sed -e 's/[.+*()|[]/\\\\&/g' -e 's/,/|/g' `) "
egrep "$egreppat" $NEWSCTL/active >/dev/null ||
	{ rm -f $hdr; exit 0; }

SENDER="`grep '^Sender:' $hdr | sed 's/^[^:]*: *//'`"
case "$SENDER" in
"")	SENDER="`grep '^From:' $hdr | sed 's/^[^:]*: *//'`" ;;
esac

# tell the local usenet administrator to do it by hand
echo "rmgroup $1 says $SENDER (see delgroup to do so)" | mail $NEWSMASTER

rm -f $hdr