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Hi folks !<br>
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I have just released a new "Production" release, version 6.09.<br>
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The main new feature this time is "single-use links"; when you
create a new drop-off there is a tick-box "Only allow 1 download"
(see note below). If the recipient has problems downloading the
drop-off and needs another try, just click the "Resend Request"
button via your Outbox page.<br>
<br>
Requests are now also listed in your Inbox, and you can delete and
resend them from there too. They are highlighted to make them
distinct from drop-offs. If you are wondering why they are in your
Inbox and not your Outbox page, think of them as "drop-offs that
haven't materialised yet".<br>
<br>
You can now also exactly specify the expiry time of a drop-off, to
save you having to calculate fractional parts of days by hand.<br>
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As usual, you can download it from<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://zend.to/downloads">https://zend.to/downloads</a><br>
or just apt/yum upgrade.<br>
Remember to run "<tt>sudo /opt/zendto/bin/upgrade</tt>" after your
package manager has updated ZendTo. Otherwise you'll be missing
preferences.php settings that you will need.<br>
<br>
Anything odd/wrong/unpleasant about the new version, please do let
me know straightaway.<br>
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The main new features are:<br>
- One-time download links. In the "New Drop-off" form, your users
can now tick a box 'Only allow 1 download'. This changes the new
drop-off so that the recipient can only download each file once. It
only works when there is 1 recipient. If the recipient needs another
chance to download a file, the sender can easily trigger this using
the "Resend Dropoff" button via their ZendTo Outbox page. This new
checkbox is controlled by 2 new preferences.php settings <b><tt>'showOneTimeLinksCheckbox'</tt></b>
and <b><tt>'defaultOneTimeLinks'</tt></b>.<br>
- Expiry time of a new drop-off can be set precisely, using a
date+time picker.<br>
- Your Inbox now also lists all unexpired "requests for drop-offs",
highlighted in pale yellow. From each one, you can delete it or
re-send it.<br>
- AD authentication: your Inbox now lists all drop-offs addressed to
any of you email addresses, not just your primary one. Note this is
available only with on-premises AD, Azure AD doesn't support any
multi-valued attributes. Really. It doesn't support them at all. No
"proxyAddresses", no multi-valued attrs of any sort.<br>
<br>
The full Change Log is here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://zend.to/changelog">https://zend.to/changelog</a><br>
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* Note on single-use links: Yes, I know it is theoretically
impossible to be 100% sure that a download by a recipient user has
succeeded. But in practice it usually is possible. ZendTo doesn't
mark the file as "sent" until the very end of the file has been
transmitted to the recipient, and ZendTo has done its usual logging
and sent the "Your drop-off has been picked up" email to the sender.
And if the user fails to complete the download, but ZendTo thinks
they have, then the sender simply has to click the "Resend Dropoff"
button via their Outbox page. That instruction is clearly shown to
the sender when they use this feature.<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jules
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Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.'
- Christina Rossetti
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