Catalyst Internet Mail 6.0
Compose, Deliver and Manage E-Mail Messages
The Catalyst Internet Mail component provides an interface to e-mail services, allowing developers to easily implement this functionality in their own software without requiring general knowledge of network programming or specific application protocols. It provides a single interface for composing, sending and retrieving e-mail messages. Instead of using separate controls to format, retrieve and send messages, you can use a single ActiveX or .NET component for much of the same functionality without the inherent complexity and coding.
For most applications, this is the only component that you will need to process e-mail messages. However, in some cases an application may require the advanced features of a specific SocketTools component, such as sending extended authentication commands or custom server-specific options. In this situation, the Internet Mail component can be seamlessly integrated with the other SocketTools components to build a more complex solution that requires a greater degree of customization.
Internet Mail .NET Component
For developers who are creating .NET applications, the Internet Mail
.NET component offers a comprehensive interface for sending e-mail
messages, downloading them from a server and managing your mailbox
remotely, all from within your application. If you are migrating your
application to the .NET platform, the interface was designed to be
similar the ActiveX control interface, simplifying the transition. The
Internet Mail .NET component is designed to be used with languages such
as Visual Basic .NET, C# and Delphi .NET. It includes assemblies that
target both version 1.1 and version 2.0 of the Common Language Runtime.
You can target either version of the Framework, depending on your
application requirements and the development tools you're using, such as
Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 .NET, Visual Studio 2005 and Borland
Developer Studio 2006.
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Internet Mail ActiveX Control
For developers who are creating applications in Visual Basic 6.0,
Visual FoxPro, PowerBuilder and other languages which do not use the
.NET Framework, the Internet Mail ActiveX control provides a simplified
interface that makes it easy to send and retrieve e-mail messages using
standard Internet protocols. The Internet Mail ActiveX control is
implemented as a standard COM component and is designed to be used with
most Windows programming languages as well as various scripting
languages. Any language which can host ActiveX controls or create
instances of a COM object is capable of using the Internet Mail ActiveX
control.
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