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+# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
+
+# Sync test 2.0
+# Copyleft 2018, Volker Birk
+
+# this file is under GNU General Public License 3.0
+
+
+import pEp
+
+
+def messageToSend(msg):
+    # this is assuming that msg is unencrypted; only true for beacons
+    print("<!-- " + str(msg.from_) + " -->\n" + msg.attachments[0].decode())
+
+pEp.messageToSend = messageToSend
+
+
+class UserInterface(pEp.UserInterface):
+    def notifyHandshake(self, me, partner, signal):
+        print("signal " + str(signal) + " for identities " + str(me) + " " + str(partner))
+
+
+ui = UserInterface()
+