[ZendTo] Re: ZendTo ANNOUNCE: Release 4.08

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Will patch my MailScanner changes yet again Jules, and look at the visual work I have done. Will get it over to you when I can.
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Thanks, Phil

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> 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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