Index: /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl
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--- /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl	(revision 37979)
+++ /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl	(revision 37980)
@@ -117,4 +117,14 @@
 my_die("REQ_NAME not found in $request_file_name\n", $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR)  if (!$req_name);
 my_die("wrong EXTVER $extver found in $request_file_name\n", $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR) if ($extver ne "1" and $extver ne "2");
+
+if ($extver eq "1") {
+    print STDERR "WARNING WARNING WARNING\n";
+    print STDERR "Very soon version 1 postage stamp requests will be rejected. Please update your request tables to version 2 format.\n";
+    print STDERR "Note that EMAIL will not be optional\n";
+
+} elsif (!$email) {
+    my_die("ERROR: Required parameter EMAIL not found in request file header.\n", $PSTAMP_INVALID_REQUEST) 
+}
+    
 
 if ($extver >= 2) {