SocketTools includes components for sending e-mail using SMTP, downloading and managing messages using POP3 or IMAP4 and a general purpose MIME component that can be used to parse messages and create new ones. However, one of the problems that developers often face is what to actually do with those messages once they have been sent […]
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When attempting to run an application that uses one of the SocketTools .NET components, an InvalidOperation exception is generated. If the exception is not handled, a message box will be displayed that contains additional information about the error and then the program terminates.
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When attempting to establish a connection using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol to a server, the connection fails with an error indicating that the connection could not complete. This error affects both the SocketTools SSH component and file transfers using the SFTP (FTP+SSH) protocol.
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Attempting to initialize a SocketTools .NET class, ActiveX control or library fails with an error indicating that the networking subsystem cannot be initialized. The application cannot establish a connection, and subsequent attempts to reinitialize the component also fails with the same error message.
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In older versions of Windows, it was common for regular users to run with administrative privileges. In fact, most Windows applications made the assumption that the user was a member of the Administrators group and therefore had unrestricted access to the entire system. This has changed with the User Account Control (UAC) system, which limits access to critical system resources,
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The Secure Shell 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 UNIX based systems as a secure alternative to the insecure TELNET protocol, in which private information such as passwords would be sent as
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When attempting to install SocketTools, an error message is displayed that states IKernel.exe could not be installed. This error typically occurs when an instance of the InstallShield engine is already running or one of the InstallShield components are flagged as read-only.
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SocketTools provides methods that allow an application to verify that the contents of a file on the local system are the same as a file on the server. This can be used to either ensure that a file was uploaded correctly, or to check whether or not a file should be downloaded. For example, an application could check
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When attempting to resolve an IPv6 address, either explicitly or by specifying an IPv6 address as the host address when establishing a connection, the method or function fails with an error indicating that the address is invalid. This occurs most commonly on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 systems, where the same address can be
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SocketTools includes a component that makes it simple to access news feeds that use RSS. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a collection of standardized formats that are used to publish information about content that is frequently changed. A news feed is published in XML format, which contains one or more items that includes summary text, hyperlinks to
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