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+package Exim::Runtest;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Carp;
+
+use List::Util qw'shuffle';
+
+
+# find a group name, preferrable 'mail', but
+# use some other random name if 'mail' isn't a valid group
+# name
+sub mailgroup {
+    my $group = shift;
+
+    croak "Need a group *name*, not a numeric group id."
+        if $group =~ /^\d+$/;
+
+    return $group if getgrnam $group;
+
+    my @groups;
+    setgrent or die "setgrent: $!\n";
+    push @groups, $_ while defined($_ = getgrent);
+    endgrent;
+    return (shuffle @groups)[0];
+};
+
+
+1;