Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is a security feature of Windows which is designed to protect you from potentially dangerous websites and downloaded files. This warning does not indicate the SocketTools installer or components contain malware.
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SocketTools includes support for Unicode in several different ways, depending on the edition and development tools used. This article discusses how Unicode support is implemented for the current version of each SocketTools edition.
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A new update for SocketTools is available for download. Version 10.0.1260.1875 was released on December 10th, 2020. Microsoft has released .NET 5.0 and this update includes builds for .NET 5.0.1 assemblies as well as a number of additional improvements and corrections for the components and libraries. This release also includes updates to the documentation and
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When connecting to an Office 365 mail server, the connection fails with an error that indicates it could not create a security context. The application had been working previously and the account credentials are valid.
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Microsoft announced in January 2020 that they would begin deprecating support for TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 for Microsoft 365. As of October 15, 2020 deprecation will begin for all commercial customers, including those using POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP to exchange email.
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The CreateObject function can be used in Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and VBScript to dynamically create an instance of a SocketTools ActiveX control. To redistribute an application which uses CreateObject with a SocketTools control, the control's Initialize method must be called.
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A new update for SocketTools is available for download. Version 10.0.1251.1868 was released on September 24th, 2020. This update includes full support for .NET 5.0 as well as a number of additional improvements and corrections for the components and libraries. This release also includes updates to the documentation and examples. This is a complete product
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Support for secure credit card transactions using TLS 1.0 ended on June 30, 2018. The new standards defined by the PCI Security Standard Council requires all payment processors and third-party providers to explicitly disable support for TLS 1.0 and switch to exclusively using TLS 1.2.
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During the installation of SocketTools, the error "Feature transfer error" is displayed, along with the message "The system cannot find the file specified". This error typically occurs after you have accepted the license agreement and entered your license information, when the installer begins copying files to the local system.
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A new update for SocketTools is available for download. Version 10.0.1245.1854 was released on August 18th, 2020. This update includes support for OAuth 2.0 authentication, as well as additional authentication methods for for the email components and libraries. This update also includes general fixes, performance improvements and new assemblies for .NET Framework 5.0 Preview 7.
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