+#
+# do an announce message
+#
+# handles announce
+# announce full
+# announce sysop
+#
+# at the moment these keywords are fixed, but I dare say a file containing valid ones
+# will appear
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1998 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
+#
+# $Id$
+#
+# Modified 13Dec98 Iain Phillips G0RDI
+#
+
+my ($self, $line) = @_;
+my @f = split /\s+/, $line;
+
+return (1, $self->msg('e9')) if !@f;
+
+my $sort = uc $f[0];
+my @locals = DXCommandmode->get_all();
+my $to;
+my $from = $self->call;
+my $t = ztime(time);
+my $tonode;
+my $sysopflag;
+
+if ($sort eq "FULL") {
+ $line =~ s/^$f[0]\s+//; # remove it
+ $to = "ALL";
+} elsif ($sort eq "SYSOP") {
+ $line =~ s/^$f[0]\s+//; # remove it
+ @locals = map { $_->priv >= 5 ? $_ : () } @locals;
+ $to = "SYSOP";
+ $sysopflag = '*';
+} elsif ($sort eq "LOCAL") {
+ $line =~ s/^$f[0]\s+//; # remove it
+ $to = "LOCAL";
+} else {
+ $to = "LOCAL";
+}
+
+# change ^ into : for transmission
+$line =~ s/\^/:/og;
+
+Log('ann', $to, $from, $line);
+DXProt::broadcast_list("To $to de $from <$t>: $line", 'ann', undef, @locals);
+if ($to ne "LOCAL") {
+ $line =~ s/\^//og; # remove ^ characters!
+ my $pc = DXProt::pc12($from, $line, $tonode, $sysopflag, 0);
+ DXProt::broadcast_ak1a($pc);
+}
+
+return (1, ());