Postcard Direct Change History

Version 5.7.0 - 13 October 2004 - see changed files

A configuration option has been added to allow PD to generate its own Message ID. This can help in certain circumstances with spam filters (specifically Spamassassin).

Version 5.6.3 - 14 September 2004 - see changed files

Image uploads directory can now be specified along with a clean up age to remove old uploaded images.

Version 5.6.2 has been removed

Version 5.6.1 - 5 April 2004 - see changed files

Fixed <pd_recipient_email> tag not being recognised in the design templates.

Version 5.6.0 - 8 February 2004 - see changed files

Completed Dutch and Japanese translations.
Added charset definition for non-default character sets.

Version 5.5.0 - 15 December 2003 - see changed files

Increased the number of free form fields to six.
Fixed bugs to do with HTML encoding in mail subject and plain/traditional design templates.

Version 5.4.3 - 7 May 2003 - see changed files

Minor bug fix to allow the title to be specified on the upload form.

Version 5.4.2 - 20 April 2003 - see changed files

Fixed a bug where if multiple recipients were specified, the second recipient would be ignored. Also the recipient name was not being set correctly.

Version 5.4.1 - 30 March 2003 - see changed files

Fixed a bug where cards due to be sent at a later date were sent immediately from the preview.

Version 5.4.0 - 1 March 2003 - see changed files

Added the file upload facility.
Added the function to send postcards on a specified date.
Minor tweeks to the stylesheets and templates.
The example postcard page has been updated to include a whole range of different examples.
Fixed double slash on URL name.
Fixed missing stylesheet for web mail.
Fixed missing variables in traditional template.

Version 5.3.5 - 16 December 2002 - see changed files

Fixed a bug that prevented midi from playing if the web mail sending method was chosen.
Fixed a bug where the additional freeform fields weren't recognised using the traditional sending method.

Version 5.3.4 - 24 October 2002 - see changed files

Fixed a bug where the text wrapping didn't always work correctly.
Fixed a minor bug which was encoding characters in the plain text message.
Restrict CGI POST size to prevent potential abuse.

Version 5.3.3 - 11 October 2002 - see changed files

Workaround for Perl installations with very old versions of the CGI::Carp module.

Version 5.3.2 - 16 September 2002 - see changed files

Version 5.3.1 still had problems with old version of Perl. This release should be work OK.

Version 5.3.1 - 15 September 2002 - see changed files

Bug fix to work with old versions of Perl, ie: 5.005_03 and older.

Version 5.3.0 - 10 September 2002 - see changed files

Added the ability to use up to four free form fields for any purpose, eg: additional images, additional input fields.
Converted the CGI routines to use the standard Perl CGI module.
Security checks to prevent potential cross site scripting exploits.
Updated all the stylesheets to improve the display (hopefully).
Updated the Image Size and Email Valid modules to the latest versions.
Image Size module now returns an error if it can't determine an image type.
Added Javascript to all forms to ensure the cursor automatically goes to the first input field.
Improved the error handling and error output. The config file now has the $Diag variable to control whether diagnostics are displayed or not.
Fixed a bug when specifying an object and image in the same form.
Added two new form templates: form-side.html (displays image to the right of the input form) and form-fields.html (shows an example of using additional fields).

Please note that only the English templates have been updated at this stage.

Version 5.2.3 - 12 April 2002 - see changed files

Better method to work out path to modules.

Version 5.2.2 - 7 April 2002 - see changed files

Fixes to work under IIS

Version 5.2.1 - 3 April 2002 - see changed files

Fixed a bug which prevented bcc mail working from the preview.

Version 5.2.0 - 3 April 2002

Completed Spanish translations.
Added an option to remove old files from image cache.
Added new top level domains to the domains file.

Version 5.1.2 - 1 April 2002

A problem that prevented remote images working correctly.

Version 5.1.1 - 30 March 2002

Fixed a major bug introduced in version 5.1.0, that prevented mail being sent if a single recipient was specified.

Version 5.1.0 - 29 March 2002

German translations completed.
Added an option to BCC multiple recipients

Version 5.0.1 - 26 March 2002

Workaround to determine module location on servers that don't have functional FindBin module.

Version 5.0.0 - 19 March 2002

Officially released.

Version 4.5.1 - 5 January 2001

Fixed a bug that caused line breaks in the message to disapear when sending the card from the preview page.
Fixed a bug that didn't calculate the height and width of a remote image on the initial form.
Fixed a bug that caused mail to barf if the sender and receipient names had commas in them.

Version 4.5.0 - 26 November 2000

Postcards sent to incorrect email addresses will now get the mail error sent back to the sender (assuming they have specified their email address correctly).
The postcard text message is now automatically wrapped if it exceeds the specified line width (default 60) and has no newlines.
A Reply-To address can now be specified.

Version 4.4.1 - 15 October 2000

Fixed a bug which caused the plain text message to have HTML BR tags on wrapped lines.

Version 4.4.0 - 10 September 2000

Receipient email address can now contain multiple comma separated addresses.
The postcard image can now be specified on the sending page.

Version 4.3.1 - 7 September 2000

Made the emailvalid module only load when it needs to check an email address. Also stops errors if incorrect paths to the modules have been specified.

Version 4.3.0 - 3 September 2000

Changed the email address validation code to a standard module. This also fixes an error doing validation under Perl 5.6
Updated MIME::Lite module to latest version.

Version 4.2.4 - 29 July 2000

Fixed the perl version check to see which size module to use.

Version 4.2.3 - 1 July 2000

Made sure the size module is always loaded if height and width tags are used.

Version 4.2.2 - 29 June 2000

Updated to automatically select the appropriate size.pm module depending on what version of Perl5 is being used.
Updated the mimelite.pm module to the latest version.

Version 4.2.1 - 11 June 2000

Fixed a bug that prevented correct previews when using graphical submit buttons.

Version 4.2.0 - 5 June 2000

Objects can now be specified in the place of an image. This gives you the choice of specifying a Postcard object or selecting an object from the postcard form.
Addition of facility to set height and width sizes for the postcard image. This is particularly use for postcards using java applets.
Various bug fixes with the web sending method.
Bug fix to correctly detect a background image.
New example templates and designs for java and Shockwave flash postcards.

Version 4.1.0 - 15 May 2000

The %MIDI%, %OBJECTS% and %DESIGNS% variables are now entirely optional and don't need to be set as hidden fields if you are not using them.
Select lists (for midi and/or object lists) now have an closing OPTION tag to compile with HTML 4.0 specifications.
Bad word list will now only match on whole words. For example, this prevents a banned word like hell matching a valid word like hello.
Fixed a bug which caused the default form.html had incorrect HIDDEN fields defined that caused midi filenames to be displayed.

Version 4.0.1 - 13 May 2000

I released version 4.0.0 a little too early and had to fix up a couple of bugs.

Version 4.0.0 - 13 May 2000

The plain sending method has been removed as it is now included as an alternate part in the postcard. This means if the recipient doesn't have an HTML mail client, they will see the plain text version and an image attachment.
Remote images can now be specified.
Added object list to provide a way of handling multi-media objects like RealAudio, MP3, Flash etc
Added anti-leech functions for those who feel they need it.
Added a feature to ban specified email addresses.
Added a feature to ban bad words in the postcard message.
Improved the startup time of the script by 75% by only loading modules when they are neded.
Improved the default error messages to include a diagnostic output.
Split the configuration file into essential and optional sections.
Added an option to send postcards the sendmail queue. Useful on heavily loaded sites
SMTP mail failures now show an error diagnostic.
Re-introducted an option to set a default sender. This can be useful for sites that aren't setup for relaying.
Changed the default names of text files to have a .txt extention. This is useful for Win/NT users.

Version 3.1.8 - 1 April 2000

Made the SMTP mail handling more robust.

Version 3.1.7 - 31 March 2000

Email receiver now has full name specified.

Version 3.1.6 - 24 February 2000

Made the code for working out additional images more robust.

Version 3.1.5 - 23 February 2000

Fixed a bug that prevented additional images from being mapped to their full URL when sending by the web method and caused an error if a full URL was used and trying to send by the default method.
The $CGI variable is now set automatically.
Updated postcard-log.cgi to fix the same problem that was fixed in postcard.cgi in version 3.1.3

Version 3.1.4 - 22 February 2000

Fixed a problem that truncated multi-line messages if the postcard was being sent through an NT mail server.

Version 3.1.3 - 19 February 2000

Fixed a problem with web formatted mail not showing the image if the URL had a directory aliases and the webserver didn't recognise double slashes.

Version 3.1.2 - 15 February 2000

Fixed a minor bug that caused the script to fail if strict email checking was turned off.

Version 3.1.1 - 28 November 1999

Fixed a bug that prevented the preview displaying correctly if there were double quotes in the message.
Fixed a bug that didn't delete the %SEND% text when sending the postcard as plain text with the picture attached.
The Return and Send buttons on the plain text preview now appear without the large gaps between them.

Version 3.1.0 - 12 November 1999

Incorporated the mimelite module into the script to reduce possible configuration errors.
Mail now can get sent either by sendmail or direct to a SMTP server.

Version 3.0.0 - 7 November 1999

Totally changed the mail sending mechanism to communication via SMTP. This eliminates the need to have separate mail programs for Unix and Win/NT servers.
Using the new mail sending method now gives a much finer level of error messages.
Moved all configuration options into the configuration file where they belong.
Reorganised various parts of the code to enabling trapping of potential errors at an earlier stage and hopefuly avoiding the dreaded "500 Server Error".
Button text can now be set in the configuration file.
postcard-log.cgi now has an option to display only the summaries.
Fixed a problem that prevented midi files being properly embedded if sent from Win/NT systems.
Removed the option to make the sender email address optional as no one was using it.
There is now the option to choose %VARIABLES% and/or special tags in the templates to help people with HTML editors that mess up % signs.

Version 2.2.0 - 12 September 1999

Fixed potential security holes.

Version 2.1.2 - 8 September 1999

Really fix what version 2.1.1 was supposed to do. I stuffed up big time.

Version 2.1.1 - 5 September 1999

Changed the form template so that the submit buttons can contain any text you like, rather than depending on them being "Send Postcard" and "Preview Postcard".

Version 2.1.0 - 15 August 1999

Can now send the postcard from the preview page.
New option to disable logging if you don't need/want a log file kept.
An error will now be displayed if the image doesn't exist.
Error messages for missing midi lists and design lists now work correctly.
Now checks if a specified midi file exists.
Fixed a bug that didn't remove the MIDI tags in when sent in plain mode.
Strict email check will now allow Compuserve style email addresses.
Renamed postcard-log to postcard-log.cgi to make the naming more consistent.
Improved (hopefully) the comments in the default.cfg file.
Improved (hopefully) the installation and configuration documentation.

Version 2.0.1 - 4 June 1999

Script now honours line breaks in the message

Version 2.0.0 - 25 May 1999

Did anyway with having to install the MIME::Lite module
Added a configuration option to choose which mailer to send the postcard with. This should allow Win/NT users to use the service.
Made sure the distribution included the appropriate gif files
Other minor code improvements

Version 1.0.2 - 17 May 1999

Fixed bug that prevented using multiple configurations.

Version 1.0.1 - 15 May 1999

Added line to cater for locally installled perl modules

Version 1.0.0 - 9 May 1999

Publically released

Admin Change History

Version 1.2.2 - 29 February 2004 - see changed files

Changed the cookie encryption key to prevent the "Not authorised/timed out" messages occuring due to dynamic IP address changes.

Version 1.2.1 - 15 March 2003 - see changed files

Improved the setting of cookies that prevented editing of files in certain circumstances.

Version 1.2.0 - 1 March 2003 - see changed files

Login cookie now active for the browser session.
Uses a better key for TEA encryption.
Hardcoded form colours have been moved into the stylesheet.

Version 1.1.3 - 21 November 2002 - see changed files

Bug fix to get around failed logins on certain platform/webserver combinations.

Version 1.1.2 - 24 October 2002

Changed cookie encryption from 3DES to TEA to give greater compatability across multiple platforms.
Restrict CGI POST size to prevent potential abuse.

Version 1.1.1 - 11 October 2002

Workaround for Perl installations with very old versions of the CGI::Carp module.
Bugfix to allow the editting of files with a '-' in their name, eg: form-traditional.html

Version 1.1.0 - 10 September 2002

Added menu options to edit the stylesheets.
If the admin script is renamed with a .pl for some Windows installations, the script now correctly detects the name of the pdedit function.
Moved cookie expiry time setting to the pdglobal.txt file.
Fixed the log report to be able to handle multiple recipients.
Minor interface improvements.

Version 1.0.7 - 17 April 2002

Even more workarounds to work with IIS.
Removed referer check as a lot of browsers don't generate referer information.
Fixed check for valid filenames to include the - character.

Version 1.0.6 - 13 April 2002

More fixes to work with IIS.

Version 1.0.5 - 12 April 2002

Better method to work out path to modules.

Version 1.0.4 - 7 April 2002

Fixes to work under IIS

Version 1.0.3 - 29 March 2002

Corrected a bug where the language options weren't correctly handled.
Corrected Javascript to open edit window to make sure the size is correct for most browsers.
Added a "Generate another Report" button to the bottom of the log report.

Version 1.0.2 - 26 March 2002

Workaround to determine module location on servers that don't have functional FindBin module.

Version 1.0.1 - 22 March 2002

Workaround to run under Perl 5.004

Version 1.0.0 - 19 March 2002

Officially Released.

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