One of the new features in SocketTools 6.0 is the Message Store API which is designed to make it simple to store and manage email messages on the local system. For developers who use the POP3, IMAP4 and NNTP components to retrieve messages, the storage API enables those messages to be easily stored in a [...]
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We are pleased to announce that SocketTools 6.0 has been released. This new version includes several new components, including a new SSH component for secure interactive terminal sessions and remote command execution, integrated support for secure file transfers using SFTP and a new Internet Server component that allows you to build a customized, scalable, multi-threaded [...]
SocketTools 6.0 will introduce a new component and API framework that is designed to simplify the process of creating TCP/IP server applications. In the Library Edition, this will be included as extension of the existing SocketWrench API, with additional functions designed to create an instance of the server and manage the client session. In the [...]
One of the significant new features in SocketTools 6.0 will be support for the Secure Shell protocol, also known as SSH. As the name implies, this protocol provides a secure, encrypted connection between the local host and a remote computer, ensuring that third-parties cannot decipher any intercepted network traffic. Originally SSH was used primarily on [...]
We’ve reached another milestone with the development of SocketTools 6.0, and are getting ready to make it available for beta testing. To participate in the beta test, we have a form that you’ll need to complete that provides us with some basic company information, along with a signed non-disclosure agreement. We’ll be using our forums [...]
Technical support for version 4.5 of all SocketTools Editions, all SocketWrench Editions, the File Transfer and Internet Mail products officially ended on December 31, 2007. It is recommended that those developers who are currently using version 4.5 download the last available build. Links to download the product files can be found in Knowledge Base article [...]
SocketTools 5.0 Service Pack 3 has been released and offers developers new features, improved performance and full compatibility with Visual Studio 2008 and the Windows Vista operating system. This service pack update is a complete release of the product with the latest improvements to all of the SocketTools components. If your customers are migrating to [...]
If you are working with the .NET Framework and need to incorporate file transfer or e-mail functionality in your software, the new File Transfer .NET and Internet Mail .NET components can enable you to add those features quickly and easily, with a minimum of coding and virtually no learning curve. These managed code classes are [...]
For those developers who are using the SocketTools .NET Edition or SocketTools Secure .NET Edition and have downloaded Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, we’ve released an updated version of the assemblies built using Visual Studio 2008 that target the 3.5 Framework. This is a free update that is available to all developers who are currently using SocketTools 5.0: Download Visual Studio 2008 Update It is important to note [...]
One typical requirement for many applications today is the ability to transfer files between the local system and a remote server, and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Hyptertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) are the two most commonly used Internet protocols for this purpose. SocketTools has components that support both of these protocols, making it a [...]