Developing applications that exchange data over the Internet is very common task for many .NET and Win32 developers. There are many platforms for developing Windows and Web applications. In this article we will focus on Microsoft .NET and Win32 development platforms.

The standard functionality provided by both of these developing platforms works very well for simple communication tasks. However, it may require lots of coding, debugging and testing in more complex cases. Let's go ahead and consider development of the internet-based applications in more details. Most Internet communication tasks can be implemented by using standard methods of data transfer, popular Internet protocols and reliable data protection algorithms. They are HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, SNMP, SSL, NTLM and many more.

Using flexible components which implement all necessary common functionality offers a cost- and time-effective solution for developing Internet-based applications. The following common tasks are covered:
- Sending specific requests to the server from client application via one of the well-known Internet protocols: HTTP, WEBDAV, SNMP, DNS or any other protocol;
- Sending / receiving emails via SMTP, POP3 or IMAP protocols;
- Extending standard functionality or implementing specific tasks in server applications, by writing your own server application;
- Implementing custom client / server solutions which use your own TCP- or UDP-based protocol;
- Data processing tasks: compose email message, RSS feed, HTTP request, parse HTML source, encode data and many more.

All these common tasks can be implemented in a separate library which can be shared by several projects. For example it allows you to implement email sending/receiving functionality, keep email messages in a database or in any other storage. You can also implement a client program which exchanges data with a server or with another client, such as FTP or Torrent. You can protect your data by using SSL/TLS encryption algorithms.

The Suite includes more than 40 components for Internet development and its code is constantly being refined and improved. It supports both Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Delphi VCL development platforms. The library allows you to use a set of standard Internet protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, IMAP, NNTP, SMIME, WEBDAV, RSS, etc.) and includes a many helper functions (build/parse Emails, HTML, Email validation, Bounce checking ,data archiving, and many more).

Also the library includes a set of components which are optimized for specific tasks: update an application over the Internet, file downloading/uploading, server protection tasks: WebUpdate, Downloader, Uploader, ServerGuard, etc. All Email components support different authorization methods, such as: plain/text, digest or NTLM. The Clever Internet Suite allows you to connect to any mail server, including GMail and Windows Live (Hotmail).

Special certificate management component allows you to manage digital certificates installed on Windows: installing, uninstalling, creating new certificates, initializing certificate requests, certificate key management, and more.

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