# Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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#
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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import os
import string
import local

def read(name, default):
    try:
        file = open(os.path.join(vmailmgr_local.sysconfdir, name))
        result = string.strip(file.readline())
        file.close()
    except:
        result = default
    return result