diff --git a/mkmotd/mkmotd b/mkmotd/mkmotd
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+$spooldir = "/usr/adm/motd";
+$motdfile = "/etc/motd";
+
+chdir $spooldir || die "cannot chdir to $spooldir";
+
+# build a list of files in the spool directory
+opendir DIR, "." || die "cannot open `.'";
+@files = readdir (DIR);
+closedir (DIR);
+
+open MOTD, ">$motdfile" || die "cannot open $motdfile";
+
+foreach $thisfile (@files) {
+	if (-f $thisfile) {
+		$nonempty=1;
+		print MOTD "\n------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+		open THISFILE, $thisfile || die "cannot open $thisfile";
+		while ($line = <THISFILE>) {
+			print MOTD $line;
+		}
+		close THISFILE;
+	}
+}
+if ($nonempty) {
+	print MOTD "\n------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+}
+system "/usr/local/bin/ci -l -q $motdfile" || die;
+exit (0);