The Catalyst Internet Mail ActiveX control enables you to quickly and easily incorporate e-mail functionality in your applications, using the Post Office Protocol (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4) and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). In most cases, only a few lines of code are required to implement basic e-mail features in your application. In addition to sending e-mail messages and downloading them from a server, the control also supports the ability to manage a mailbox remotely, preview headers and easily compose complex multipart messages with HTML formatting and file attachments.
The following are just some of the Catalyst Internet Mail control features: * Standard ATL based ActiveX control compatible with most languages
* Low resource utilization and no external dependencies on third-party libraries
* Thread-safe implementation with full support for multithreaded applications
* Supports both the POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail protocols
* Supports sending messages directly using SMTP or routing through a relay server
* Support for the standard SSL and TLS security protocols with 128-bit encryption
* Fully compatible with secure email services such as Google's GMail
* Advanced security features are enabled with just a few lines of code
* Support for both implicit and explicit SSL and TLS connections
* Support for client certificates when required by the remote host
* No dependencies on third party security libraries
* An extensive Developer's Guide and online Technical Reference
* A professional technical support staff and extensive online support resources
* No runtime licensing fees or additional royalties
* A trusted company with over 10 years experience developing Internet components
In addition to supporting the standard Internet email protocols, the control also supports secure, encrypted connections using the SSL and TLS protocols. By simply setting a few properties, a secure connection using 128-bit encryption can be established, providing your application with the greatest flexibility and highest level of security available. Even advanced options such as client certificates are seamlessly supported.
For most applications, this is the only component that you'll need to implement complete, comprehensive e-mail functionality in your software. However, in some cases you may require some of the more advanced features that are available in the SocketTools Visual Edition. In this situation, the Internet Mail ActiveX control can be seamlessly integrated with the other SocketTools controls to build a more complex solution that requires a greater degree of customization.
The Internet Mail 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 Control. This includes Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual FoxPro, Delphi and PowerBuilder. Server and client-side scripting is also supported using languages such as VBScript. The control was created using the ActiveX Template Library (ATL) and is completely self-contained, with no external dependencies on third-party libraries.
You can download a free evaluation copy of the Internet Mail ActiveX control and explore how it can help you create professional applications with Internet functionality. The evaluation is fully functional and can be used for thirty days. There are never any royalties or runtime licensing fees with Catalyst components, and you can redistribute the control with any number of applications.
