SocketTools includes components for sending e-mail using SMTP, downloading and managing messages using POP3 or IMAP4 and a general purpose MIME component that can be used to parse messages and create new ones. However, one of the problems that developers often face is what to actually do with those messages once they have been sent [...]
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One of the most popular additions to both SocketWrench and SocketTools has been the Internet Server component. It’s available as an extension to the existing Internet API for C/C++ programmers, an ActiveX control and as a .NET component. While SocketWrench has always included server functionality, we felt that creating a server application was more complex [...]
SocketTools 6.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been released, with improvements made primarily to the FTP, HTTP and MIME components. This update also includes a change to the SocketWrench component which addresses an issue with how keep-alive packets are generated, and it corrects a general issue with the network debugging library that’s included with SocketTools. [...]
SocketTools 6.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been released. We’ve improved the functionality of the DNS, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, POP3, MIME, NNTP and SMTP components along with some general improvements in the areas of security (SSL and SSH) and core network performance. This is a complete update of the product, along with the hotfixes that [...]
SocketTools 7, codenamed “Sawtooth”, is going to introduce some exciting new features, along with some additional components that expand the functionality of the product. We wanted to provide you with an overview of a few of the things you can expect to see in this upcoming release, as well as provide some general information about [...]
Microsoft announced that Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009 and will be generally available in October. This new version of Windows is essentially an incremental release that builds on the features introduced with Windows Vista, with a focus on increased hardware and software compatibility, improved performance and new, redesigned shell. The [...]
Technical support for version 5.0 of all SocketTools Editions, all SocketWrench Editions, and the File Transfer and Internet Mail products will officially end on June 30, 2009. It is recommended that those developers who are currently using version 5.0 download the last available build. Links to download the product files can be found in Knowledge [...]
SocketTools 6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been released and offers improved performance and broader SSH server compatibility, along with a number of corrections to various components and libraries. For developers who are currently using version 6.0, this new service pack includes all of the hotfixes and updates made since the original release and is [...]
The SocketTools 6.0 .NET Edition introduced the new InternetServer class that was designed to simplify the implementation of a TCP/IP server application. With only a few lines of code, you can create the framework for a multi-threaded server that is completely event driven. You only need to create event handlers and then write your server [...]
SocketTools 6.0 introduced some new functionality as part of the existing file transfer API and components that enables applications to verify that the contents of a file on the local system are the same as a file on the server. This can be used to either ensure that a file was uploaded correctly, or to [...]