-Reply = TemplateSubst(Subst,open(TemplatesDir + "/welcome-message-%d" % int(gidNumber), "r").read())
+templatepath = TemplatesDir + "/welcome-message-%d" % int(gidNumber)
+if not os.path.exists(templatepath):
+ templatepath = TemplatesDir + "/welcome-message"
+Reply = TemplateSubst(Subst,open(templatepath, "r").read())