| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: General | Last updated: 3/10/2008 |
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| Q.: Where do I find my serial number? |
| A.: Run WebMail Objects License Manager from the Programs/Distinct group and it will display the number. |
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: General | Last updated: 2/28/2008 |
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| Q.: Why is WebMail Objects easier to use than competing products? |
| A.: WebMail Objects has been engineered to allow you to integrate sending and receiving functionality by using two function calls EasySend and EasyReceive. Although it includes a very rich API, for most applications this is all you will ever need to use. |
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: IMAP component | Last updated: 2/28/2008 |
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| Q.: What can I do with the IMAP4 Fetch command? |
A.: The Fetch command gets the data associated with one or more messages. The application can either retrieve the whole message or just part of it. This method is very flexible and powerful. Here are some possible uses:
- Retrieve only the header information (To, From, Subject …);
- Retrieve the message statistics (Unique Identifier, Size or Date Received);
- Retrieve the status of a message (Recent, Answered, Seen, …);
- Retrieve the entire message (with or without the initial header);
- Retrieve information on the contents of a multipart message (Type of message, Section No., Encoding …);
- Retrieve sections of the message (header fields, Content, Attributes);
- Retrieve only a specified number of lines of a message;
- Retrieve the initial header fields for sections of the message;
- Retrieve sections of a MIME multipart message; etc.
Remember if an IMAP4 "vendor" wants to sell you an IMAP4 implementation that does not fully implement the Search and the Fetch commands, just say "no thank you!". It is not IMAP4 unless it implements these most powerful features. Check out the IMAP RFC.
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: IMAP component | Last updated: 3/25/2008 |
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| Q.: What can I do with the IMAP4 Search command? |
| A.: The Search command searches a mailbox for all messages that match the specifications you specify. You can search any message field. For example you can specify a simple criteria "FLAGGED FROM Smith SINCE 1-Feb-2001" to refer to all messages from Smith since February 1, 2001 that have been flagged or more complex nested search criteria like ((From "Tom") (NOT Subject "xyz") (OR (OR (From "Chris") (NOT Subject "confidential")) To "Tom")). |
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: IMAP component | Last updated: 2/3/2008 |
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| Q.: When should I use IMAP instead of POP3? |
A.: You should use IMAP whenever you have a need to selectively retrieve email messages or manipulate mailboxes. POP3 can be used for more simple email retrieval and is only able to handle a single mailbox, the user’s INBOX.
IMAP4 is a more recent protocol that allows people to access their mailbox on the company server from different computers when travelling or working from home without having to copy these messages around. IMAP4 is a far more powerful protocol, but it is also more complex. It contains a rich set of commands, which allows you to list, preview, search, flag and organize your messages directly on the server. Of course it also allows you to download these messages to any client computer and delete them from the server if this is what you want to do. IMAP4 also supports commands to create, rename and delete mailboxes on the server, move messages between mailboxes and preview them before downloading them to your client system. See also IMAP4 Search and Fetch for a description of the most powerful commands of this protocol.
IMAP is also particularly useful when you want to share the same mailbox among several users. This is the case of a mailbox created for the only purpose of receiving subscriptions to Newsletters. Rather than cluttering the server with many copy of the same document, system administrators can create a single mailbox that can be shared by many subscribers.
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: MIME component | Last updated: 3/13/2008 |
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| Q.: What kind of ENCODING does WebMail Objects support? |
| A.: The MIME Object supports RFC-822 (plain messages), MIME conformant Base 64 and Quoted printable, Binhex (used for Macintosh files) as well as Uuencode and Uudecode. The MIME Object can be used to create and extract MIME encoded files as well as to create and extract MIME encoded email messages. The MIME Object can also be used to encode and decode files for use with applications other than SMTP, POP3 or IMAP4, such as NNTP or Newsreaders. This Object is a full implementation of the MIME protocol to the extent that it can even encode header fields, unlike its competitors. |
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: SMTP component | Last updated: 2/9/2008 |
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| Q.: Can I send multiple messages using the EasySend method without connecting and disconnecting after each message? |
| A.: Yes, you must first connect to the SMTP server using one of the Connect methods (Connect, AsyncConnect or ConnectThruSocks), then call EasySend in a loop to send as many messages as you want and finally call the Disconnect method. This sequence will make sure that the connection is established only once for all the messages. |
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: SMTP component | Last updated: 3/26/2008 |
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| Q.: How do I use SMTP in ASP.NET |
A.: In your asp.net application, add the following:
1. Go to References in the solution explorer, right click and select add reference, the "Add Reference" dialog will come up. Click the Com page and double click "Distinct Server SMTP ActiveX control", Ok. You will see DSV_SMTPLib added in the list.
2. Go to your aspx.vb file, add "Imports DSV_SMTPLib" in the very beginning.
3. In the function where you want to call this control, add following
Dim x As New DSV_SMTP()
Dim result As Boolean
result = x.EasySend(TextBoxHost.Text, TextBoxFrom.Text, TextBoxTo.Text, "", "", TextBoxSub.Text, TextBoxBody.Text, "", "")
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: SMTP component | Last updated: 2/3/2008 |
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| Q.: How do I use the Distinct WebMail Objects SMTP component in ASP.net |
A.: 1. Go to References in the solution explorer, right click and select add reference. The "Add Reference" dialog will display. Click Com page and double click "Distinct Server SMTP ActiveX control", Ok. You will see DSV_SMTPLib added in the list.
2. Go to your aspx.vb file, add "Imports DSV_SMTPLib" at the very beginning.
3. In the function where you want to call this control, add the following
Dim x As New DSV_SMTP()
Dim result As Boolean
result = x.EasySend(TextBoxHost.Text, TextBoxFrom.Text, TextBoxTo.Text, "", "", TextBoxSub.Text, TextBoxBody.Text, "", "")
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| Product: Distinct WebMail Objects | Topic: SMTP component | Last updated: 2/3/2008 |
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| Q.: My users cannot receive messages larger than X MB. Can I fragment LARGER messages? |
| A.: Yes, it is very easy to do. Just set the MaxMessageSize property of the SMTP Object to the desired size. This will break the messages that are longer than MaxMessageSize in many parts and the messages will be sent as partial messages. The POP3 client on the receiving side will automatically reassemble these partial messages into the original message. Note that if you are not using Distinct POP3 on the receiving end, you will need a client that supports this feature. |
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