Post Office
2.5.1Set up a full working post office system for your Minecraft SMP. Barrels act as a 1 way post box, allowing everyone to place items in, but only allowing the owner to remove them. Comes complete with a
2.5.1latestPost Office 2.5.14 weeks ago - Fix issue creating post boxes for a first time player on the server - Bug fixes for counting number of boxes a player has - Fixed bug with post box auto closing if chunk isn't loaded - Added ability to remotely open your post box with /postbox2.4.0Post Office 2.4.0Feb 1, 2026 Players can now register a primary box in your Post Office building, and can then register a secondary box outside (or inside) their base and it will link back to the inventory of their primary box, shows notifications on the sign and so on. To use it, your players need to have a primary box and then do the following: - Rename a barrel to "secondary" and place it - Places a sign on their barrel - Looking at the sign on the barrel, type /postoffice secondary - Enjoy checking their post office barrel in their base Note: They can remove it by typing /postoffice removesecondary. The default config allows them to have 5 secondary boxes, but you can have an infinite amount using -1 in the config.2.3.1Post Office 2.3.1Oct 20, 2025 - Fixed null inventory bug2.3.0Post Office 2.3.0Oct 5, 2025 - Added blacklist.yml to prevent specific items being left in a post box - Bumped lang file to v22.2.1Post Office 2.2.1Jun 26, 2025 - Fixed error with /postoffice command2.2.0Post Office 2.2.0Jun 11, 2025 Players with the register permission node can now add text to the first line of a post box sign, allowing the use of tags like [Mod], [Admin] etc. - Colour codes can also be used on this line.2.1.1Post Office 2.1.1Nov 30, 2024 - Fixed item removal bug2.1.0Post Office 2.1.0Nov 3, 2024 - Fixed bug reloading config and lang files. - Added debug toggle in config to help troubleshoot issues. - Fixed bug removing items from a post box. - Added config and lang file versioning. - Added hopper checks to config and disabled by default to prevent lag.2.0.2Post Office 2.0.2Oct 29, 2024 - Optimization/tweaks to barrel protection logic2.0.1Post Office 2.0.1Sep 29, 2024 - Fixed bug reading _ in world names - Fixed bug with registering/claiming a post box2.0.0Post Office 2.0.0Sep 28, 2024 Please note: This is essentially a re-write of the plugin in a lot of areas and will require you to setup your players post boxes again - but will better allow me to add new functionality to the plugin moving forward. Lots of cool stuff to come! To install this plugin, it's best to download a backup of your existing config and then start fresh. You can follow the setup guide here: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/skb3oYxVzfg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Change Log
- Plugin now uses player UUIDs, no longer relying on player names! - Post boxes are now stores in a barrels config once registered. - New permission node allows a player to claim a registered post box by themselves if desired. - Post boxes are now registered/claimed using commands - no longer restricted by their name fitting on the line. - Added visual "You have mail" message to the post box sign. - Added StructureGrow event checks to post box protection. - Rewrote config handling/reloading. - Players now receive a notification when a post box is set up for them, if they're online. - Moved all messaged from config to a new lang file. - Better handling color codes in lang file. - Added additional keys to the lang file. - Disabled update check if unable to pull latest version from API. - Disabled update check if using a dev build. - Added use permission node, deny this to prevent players from using the post office system. - Large scale project cleanup/refactoring.1.6.3Post Office 1.6.3Sep 11, 2024 - Changed default mail notification delay to 1 second - Added extra checks to post box protection - Changed default "post box created for.." messages from red to green - Added check for hopper minecart when removing items from a postbox - Prevent protected post boxes/signs being blown up by tnt or creepers - Prevent items being moved out of a post box with a hopper if post box protection is enabled1.6.2Post Office 1.6.2Jun 14, 2024 - Removed unused "/postoffice barrelname" command - General bug fixes - Added 1.21 support1.6.1Post Office 1.6.1May 19, 2024 - Added post box (barrel and sign) protection. Easily disabled in the config if using your own. - Prevent players from swapping cursor items out of a post box. - Prevent players from dropping items out of a post box. - Prevent players from condensing items out of a post box. - Add a 10 second delay to the "You have mail" notification when connecting. - Added a plugin update notification system. - Added extra language translation options to the config file. - Removed the barrelname command as this should only be set once. Edit the config directly and use /postoffice reload to update the barrel name. Post Office has now been added to GitHub as a GPL3.0 Open Source project. You can find it here: https://github.com/shantek/PostOffice * Coming soon, v2 will update the plugin to use a players UUID and add additional flexibility to the plugin.1.5.4Post Office 1.5.4Mar 1, 2024 - Fixed issues with reloading the plugin - Added additional checks to reloading the config file - If keys are not found in the config, they will now revert to the default options - Fixed issues with showing the correct sent/received messages1.5.3Post Office 1.5.3Feb 29, 2024 - Fixed issue with off hand swapping out of a post box1.5.2Post Office 1.5.2Jan 27, 2024 - Removed ability to take items out of a post box using offhand or hot bar shortcuts. - Added offhand-error & hotbar-error to the config file to customize the errors displayed. (Thanks to XaosKoltron for reporting the issue) Have suggestions for future updates? [Join my Discord](https://www.shantek.co/discord)1.5.1Post Office 1.5.1Dec 10, 2023 - Added shantek.postoffice.removeitems permission node. Give this permission to your server mods/staff to allow them to remove items from Post Boxes1.5.0Post Office 1.5.0Nov 12, 2023 Added additional message customization when sending notifications to the player. cant-stack-items: "&4You don't have permission to do that." - A generic error shown in some circumstances when trying to stack items in another players post box. remove-item-error: "&4You don't have permission to remove items from this post box." - The error shown when a player tries to remove an item from another players post box.1.4.0Post Office 1.4.0Oct 30, 2023 - General cleanup of the plugin. - Added the following customizations available in the config file sent-message: '&aMail sent to %receiver%.' received-message: '&eYou got mail from %sender%!' got-mail-message: '&a[Post Office] &fYou have mail!' Have total control over what the plugin sends to your players!1.3.0Post Office 1.3.0Jun 16, 2023 - Added support for 1.20 - Included a new notification system, receive a notification when joining the server, open your post box to clear it1.1.0v1.1.0Jun 9, 2023 - General bug fixes
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