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Please see the ChangeLog for full details of the changes for each release.
1.17 This is the first release of perdition in over a year. It includes lots of updates, of particular note; A potential buffer overflow in the Berkely DB module has been fixed. The LDAP module can now use arbitary URLs if compiled against OpenLDAP 2.0.0 or newer. All asyncrhonous IMAP messages are now passed back to the end-user. The level to which add_domain pears down a domain is configurable. And SSL now works in inetd mode.
22nd June 2005
1.15 Minor packaging changes. LDAP Fix included in 1.15beta1.
27th May 2004
1.15beta1
(offline) Fixes a problem with the return value from an LDAP popmap lookup that may causes various problems including a bogus username when username_from_database is in effect.
17th April 2004
1.14 Various minor bug fixes and feature enhacements. In particular pid file creation on FreeBSD (and possibly others) has been fixed. A segmentation fault problem in the ldap module has been resolved. And enhanced logging.
2nd April 2004
1.14beta1
(offline) Various minor bug fixes and feature enhacements. In particular pid file creation on FreeBSD (and possibly others) has been fixed. A segmentation fault problem in the ldap module has been resolved. And enhanced logging. It is intended that this beta will become the 1.14 release, unchanged, if not problems are found. Users are encouraged to test this beta.
23rd March 2004
1.13 Fixes a critical bug in 1.12 that prevented the outgoing_server option from working - perdition would segmentation fault if this option was selected. Also includes some minor documentation and build fixes. Users are strongly recomended to upgrade to 1.13 if they are using 1.12.
19th December 2003
1.12 It has been too long between drinks so I have released perdition 1.12. This contains mainly bug-fixes. The new feature of most note is a module to allow database queries to be sent to a daemon. This allows arbitrary popmap databases to be built programatically. Please see the Changelog for more information.
15th December 2003
1.11 Building on a long series of beta releases, 1.11 includes numerous bug fixes and feature enhancements over the previous stable release. New features of paricular note are a Berkely DB module, STARTTLS support, support for more sophisticated LDAP URLs and greatly enhanced handling of SSL/TLS.
6th June 2003
1.11beta8 This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a number of bug fixes including, fixing the capability comand for POP3S, resolution of segmentation fault when using long usernames and the query_key, fixes to LDAP URL parsing and resolution of a segmentation fault in the ODBC module.
18th April 2003
1.11beta7 This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a number of minor bug fixes.
26th March 2003
1.11beta5 This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a fix to allow the return of a real-server's response to a login attempt to work correctly with IMAP.
12th February 2003
1.11beta4 This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a fix for a problem whereby if a client disconnects imediately after a new connection is recieved then perdition may exit. This problem occurs sporadically, usually under situations of high load.
7th February 2003
1.11beta3 This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It builds cleanly on Debian GNU/Linux (Sid) and Red Hat 8.0. People are encouraged to test the build on other targets, particularly Sun Solaris.
This beta features improved handling of the verification of real-servers and minor build clean-ups for building without SSL.
10th January 2003
1.11beta2
(offline) This beta release builds on 1.11beta1. It should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. The most significant change is a fix to the handling of the POP3 CAPA command, which was incorrectly implemented in 0.1.11beta1. There have also been some minor build and packaging fixes.
8th January 2003
1.11beta1
(offline) This beta release builds on 0.1.10 with many bug fixes and new features. Of particular note is support for RFC2529 TLS connections, a greatly LDAP module and a Berkely DB module.
27th December 2002
0.1.10 This release has many improvements over 0.1.9 as reflected by the long 0.1.10 beta series. Of particular note: Better handling of SSL connections. Handling of IMAP String Litterals. Addition of ODBC module. IMAP Capability String may be specified at run time.
17th May 2002
0.1.10beta4
(offline) Fix for IMAP String Literals. Added no_daemon option. And a fix to libvanessa_socket to correclty handle reciept of a sig child on Solaris.
11th May 2002
0.1.10beta3
(offline) Improved debuging messages for SSL and resolver problems and the addition of support for IMAP String litereals.
30th April 2002
0.1.10beta2
(offline) Added ODBC module and query keys which allow a flexible way to define what keys are used to perform queries to determine which server to use.
19th April 2002
0.1.10beta1
(offline) In keeping with my intention to release 0.1.10, I have released the first beta.
14th March 2002
0.1.9 Added SSL support, updated logging semantics, added add_domain option and fixed format string problems.
29th June 2001
0.1.8 Resolved Linking problems in MySQL, PostgresSQL and LDAP map lookup libraries. Added -U|--username_from_database option to control the use of servernames of the form user<delimiter>domain. Fixed parsing code to correctly handle whitespace and quotes during authentication phase.
9th May 2001
0.1.7 Resolved numerous Solaris compule problems. Conversations between perdition and clients may be logged for debugging. Running perdition.pop3 and perdition.imap4 now automatically runs perdition in POP3 or IMAP4 mode respectively. Fixed installation problems with Red Hat packages.
5th April 2001
0.1.6 Includes support for popmaps to be stored in LDAP and NIS. Internals ported to use the Vanessa Libraries
9th January 2001
0.1.5 Includes support for popmaps to be stored in a PostgreSQL database. This compleiments MySQL, Posix Regular Expression and GDBM popmap supprot. 2nd May 2000
0.1.4 Added functionality so a map can give an answer that includes the username to connect to the backend server with, Regex maps now support backrefereances. There are also minor build tidy ups for FreeBSD 3.4 and slackware.
15th April 2000
0.1.3 Includes configuration file support, TCP/IP functions broken out into a library, arbitrary library based map access, more sophiticated loging, Solaris support and more.
8th February 2000
0.1.2 Ignores \" during authentication. This seemed to be causing problems in IMAP4 mode for some clients.
14th November 1999
0.1.1 Includes default server support, option to stip domain from username, and configurable, multi-character user-domain delimiter support. Please note that several command-line options have changed meaning between verion 0.1.0 and 0.1.1.
10th November 1999
0.1.0 Incudes many changes and bug fixes including IMAP4 support and optional end-user server and port specification.
12th October 1999
0.0.0 Initial Release 29th May 1999

Please see the ChangeLog for full details of the changes for each release.
1.17	This is the first release of perdition in over a year. It includes lots of updates, of particular note; A potential buffer overflow in the Berkely DB module has been fixed. The LDAP module can now use arbitary URLs if compiled against OpenLDAP 2.0.0 or newer. All asyncrhonous IMAP messages are now passed back to the end-user. The level to which add_domain pears down a domain is configurable. And SSL now works in inetd mode. 22nd June 2005
1.15	Minor packaging changes. LDAP Fix included in 1.15beta1. 27th May 2004
1.15beta1 (offline)	Fixes a problem with the return value from an LDAP popmap lookup that may causes various problems including a bogus username when username_from_database is in effect. 17th April 2004
1.14	Various minor bug fixes and feature enhacements. In particular pid file creation on FreeBSD (and possibly others) has been fixed. A segmentation fault problem in the ldap module has been resolved. And enhanced logging. 2nd April 2004
1.14beta1 (offline)	Various minor bug fixes and feature enhacements. In particular pid file creation on FreeBSD (and possibly others) has been fixed. A segmentation fault problem in the ldap module has been resolved. And enhanced logging. It is intended that this beta will become the 1.14 release, unchanged, if not problems are found. Users are encouraged to test this beta. 23rd March 2004
1.13	Fixes a critical bug in 1.12 that prevented the outgoing_server option from working - perdition would segmentation fault if this option was selected. Also includes some minor documentation and build fixes. Users are strongly recomended to upgrade to 1.13 if they are using 1.12. 19th December 2003
1.12	It has been too long between drinks so I have released perdition 1.12. This contains mainly bug-fixes. The new feature of most note is a module to allow database queries to be sent to a daemon. This allows arbitrary popmap databases to be built programatically. Please see the Changelog for more information. 15th December 2003
1.11	Building on a long series of beta releases, 1.11 includes numerous bug fixes and feature enhancements over the previous stable release. New features of paricular note are a Berkely DB module, STARTTLS support, support for more sophisticated LDAP URLs and greatly enhanced handling of SSL/TLS. 6th June 2003
1.11beta8	This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a number of bug fixes including, fixing the capability comand for POP3S, resolution of segmentation fault when using long usernames and the query_key, fixes to LDAP URL parsing and resolution of a segmentation fault in the ODBC module. 18th April 2003
1.11beta7	This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a number of minor bug fixes. 26th March 2003
1.11beta5	This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a fix to allow the return of a real-server's response to a login attempt to work correctly with IMAP. 12th February 2003
1.11beta4	This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It includes a fix for a problem whereby if a client disconnects imediately after a new connection is recieved then perdition may exit. This problem occurs sporadically, usually under situations of high load. 7th February 2003
1.11beta3	This beta should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. It builds cleanly on Debian GNU/Linux (Sid) and Red Hat 8.0. People are encouraged to test the build on other targets, particularly Sun Solaris. This beta features improved handling of the verification of real-servers and minor build clean-ups for building without SSL. 10th January 2003
1.11beta2 (offline)	This beta release builds on 1.11beta1. It should be considered a release candidate for 1.11. The most significant change is a fix to the handling of the POP3 CAPA command, which was incorrectly implemented in 0.1.11beta1. There have also been some minor build and packaging fixes. 8th January 2003
1.11beta1 (offline)	This beta release builds on 0.1.10 with many bug fixes and new features. Of particular note is support for RFC2529 TLS connections, a greatly LDAP module and a Berkely DB module. 27th December 2002
0.1.10	This release has many improvements over 0.1.9 as reflected by the long 0.1.10 beta series. Of particular note: Better handling of SSL connections. Handling of IMAP String Litterals. Addition of ODBC module. IMAP Capability String may be specified at run time. 17th May 2002
0.1.10beta4 (offline)	Fix for IMAP String Literals. Added no_daemon option. And a fix to libvanessa_socket to correclty handle reciept of a sig child on Solaris. 11th May 2002
0.1.10beta3 (offline)	Improved debuging messages for SSL and resolver problems and the addition of support for IMAP String litereals. 30th April 2002
0.1.10beta2 (offline)	Added ODBC module and query keys which allow a flexible way to define what keys are used to perform queries to determine which server to use. 19th April 2002
0.1.10beta1 (offline)	In keeping with my intention to release 0.1.10, I have released the first beta. 14th March 2002
0.1.9	Added SSL support, updated logging semantics, added add_domain option and fixed format string problems. 29th June 2001
0.1.8	Resolved Linking problems in MySQL, PostgresSQL and LDAP map lookup libraries. Added -U\|--username_from_database option to control the use of servernames of the form user<delimiter>domain. Fixed parsing code to correctly handle whitespace and quotes during authentication phase. 9th May 2001
0.1.7	Resolved numerous Solaris compule problems. Conversations between perdition and clients may be logged for debugging. Running perdition.pop3 and perdition.imap4 now automatically runs perdition in POP3 or IMAP4 mode respectively. Fixed installation problems with Red Hat packages. 5th April 2001
0.1.6	Includes support for popmaps to be stored in LDAP and NIS. Internals ported to use the Vanessa Libraries 9th January 2001
0.1.5	Includes support for popmaps to be stored in a PostgreSQL database. This compleiments MySQL, Posix Regular Expression and GDBM popmap supprot. 2nd May 2000
0.1.4	Added functionality so a map can give an answer that includes the username to connect to the backend server with, Regex maps now support backrefereances. There are also minor build tidy ups for FreeBSD 3.4 and slackware. 15th April 2000
0.1.3	Includes configuration file support, TCP/IP functions broken out into a library, arbitrary library based map access, more sophiticated loging, Solaris support and more. 8th February 2000
0.1.2	Ignores \" during authentication. This seemed to be causing problems in IMAP4 mode for some clients. 14th November 1999
0.1.1	Includes default server support, option to stip domain from username, and configurable, multi-character user-domain delimiter support. Please note that several command-line options have changed meaning between verion 0.1.0 and 0.1.1. 10th November 1999
0.1.0	Incudes many changes and bug fixes including IMAP4 support and optional end-user server and port specification. 12th October 1999
0.0.0	Initial Release 29th May 1999