Catalyst Internet Mail Control

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Add comprehensive Internet e-mail services to your applications. Catalyst Internet Mail Control combines POP3, SMTP, MIME and DNS functionality into one component and supports both standard and secure connections. Compose, send and retrieve messages from a mail server without using multiple controls or writing additional code to interface different components. Using the standard protocols for sending and retrieving messages, it is designed to work with a wide variety of servers. This single ActiveX control has no external dependencies on third-party libraries and can be used in a wide variety of programming languages.

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Catalyst Internet Mail Control V5.0 SP3

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What's new in Catalyst Internet Mail Control V5.0 SP3?

• Offers developers new features, improved performance and full compatibility with the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

The Catalyst Internet Mail control offers a comprehensive interface, providing the developer with everything that he needs to incorporate e-mail functionality in an application. Many of the control's properties control the contents of a message, such as the list of recipients, the subject of the message and the message body. Methods are used to compose new messages, retrieve messages from a mail server and deliver messages to one or more recipients. Messages can also be managed on the mail server, or downloaded to the local system and stored in a file or a database record. The developer has complete access to all of the headers in the message, and can create custom application-specific header fields if needed. Event notifications enable the developer to provide the user with feedback, such as the progress of sending or retrieving a message. Advanced features such as delivery status notification, support for relay servers and secure encrypted connections are easily implemented by simply setting a few properties.

The control implements the standard Internet protocols for sending and retrieving e-mail messages, ensuring the highest degree of compatibility possible with mail servers around the world. These standards are defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force and published as standard track Request For Comment (RFC) documents. To send e-mail messages, the control implements RFC 821 and 1869, which defines the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and related extensions. To retrieve messages from a mail server, the control implements RFC 1939, which defines the Post Office Protocol. For composing and parsing the messages themselves, the control implements RFCs 822, 2045, 2046 and 2047 which defines the internal structure of a message and how it should be processed.

Implemented as a standard ActiveX control, it is fully supported by languages such as Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Visual C++, Borland C++Builder, Delphi and PowerBuilder. In addition, the control can also be used as a basic COM object in scripting languages like VBScript, with full support for server-side scripting in Active Server Pages and other similar technologies. Created using the ActiveX Template Library, it has no dependency on third-party components or Microsoft support libraries. This means that only the control itself needs to be included with the program that uses it, simplifying the process of redistributing and installing the software while reducing the application's overall size.