[ZendTo] ZendTo ANNOUNCE: Release 4.08

[Jules]

Folks,

I have just released a stable version of 4.08.

The main new feature in this release is the "library of frequently-used 
files". Once enabled in preferences.php, users who are logged in can 
choose to send files from a library directory of frequently used files 
instead of having to upload a fresh copy of the files to the ZendTo 
server every time.

I envisage this will be very useful to customer service and support 
operations who frequently need to send the same files to users, such as 
documentation, latest releases of software, patches and so on.

The library directory can be easily managed straight from the Windows 
Explorer or Mac Finder using WebDAV, and full instructions on setting 
this up are on the website. And note that if you are using MySQL and are 
upgrading from a previous version, please see the upgrade note at the 
foot of the downloads page on the website.

I have also added an optional CAPTCHA test that users downloading files 
have to pass before they can access the download links, to prove they 
are a human being and not a malicious server attempting a 
denial-of-service attack by repeatedly issuing large numbers of download 
requests.

If you look at the list of all the drop-offs, you will see that it is 
now split into several pages, and is easily sortable by any column. This 
feature also appears in the lists of drop-offs in MyZendTo.

Also in the VM distributions I have tightened the security of Apache 
somewhat, so it does not announce its operating system and version 
number, and gives away minimal information in HTTP headers that might be 
useful to malicious users.

Download as usual from
         http://zend.to/

The full Change Log (all changes since the last stable release) is this:

- Added new feature: each file in a drop-off can either be uploaded, or else
   it can be taken from a library directory containing reference files which
   you often need to send to recipients/customers. To use this feature, you
   must enable it by setting "'usingLibrary' => FALSE," in preferences.php
   and put the library files into the directory set by the preferences.php
   setting 'libraryDirectory' (set to /var/zendto/library by default).
   This must just be a single directory of files, and not contain any
   subdirectories. You may choose to make the library directory accessible
   by WebDAV so that administrators using either Windows or Mac systems
   can map a network drive pointing to it. To set this up, Google for
   either "ubuntu apache webdav" or "centos apache webdav". It's a fairly
   simple operation provided you just want 1 fixed username and password
   to have write access to it. Alternatively you can just sftp files into
   it (or psftp on Windows if using "PuTTY").
- Fixed size of download file so that the download will always download
   the full size of the file as the file is now, not as it was when the
   drop-off was created. If it's a library file, you might choose to replace
   the file with another version between when the drop-off is created 
and when
   recipients actually download it.
- Fixed various bugs in new "library of files" feature, and made it only
   appear to users who are logged in.
- Fixed layout of filesizes in New Drop-off form, which shows up in browsers
   capable of this (such as Chrome).
- If you upgrade to this release and use MySQL, you will need to read
   /opt/zendto/sql/README.MySQL and run the 2nd mysql command in there 
again.
   It will not overwrite anything, but will extend the database structure to
   support the new "file library" feature.
- Fixed background colour of upload progress dialog part so greys all match.
- Added a new feature, to make unauthenticated users pass a CAPTCHA test
   before they can pick-up any file. This helps protect against automated
   Denial-of-Service attacks. It is enabled by setting "humanDownloads" to
   true in preferences.php.
- Improved progress bar so it never reports < 0%.
- Requests can now be sent to multiple email addresses at once. Separate
   the list of addresses with any combination of ";" and "," and " ".
- International characters used in email addresses, subjects, notes and
   domains should work properly now. Thanks to Phil (UxBoD) for this!
- Fixed bugs in regular expressions in email function.
- Corrected grammar mistake in show_dropoff.tpl.
- List of all drop-offs now uses JQuery "DataTable" code to present a nice
   list spread over multiple pages, with search and so on facilities.
- Nice sortable lists of drop-offs ported to MyZendTo.


Jules

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