i want to ask opinion about this
which library/components have the best/complete features at
SMTP,FTP,POP3,NNTP,etc (not TCP or UDP component) ?
of course this including server and client component.
Define "best". IME Indy is generally the best in providing compatibility
with existing software (since it has the greatest number of active
developers and probably the greatest number of users), but Synapse is
probably easier for most developers to extend *if* you have to write
your own compatibility fixes.
That aside, it depends on what type of developer you are and on what
type of application you are writing.
* Indy is component based, blocking, and uses threads internally. It is
IMO hard to debug but easy to use in RAD as long as it works as expexted.
* ICS is component based, non-blocking, and uses Windows messages
internally. It is IMO equally hard to debug, but is easy to use in RAD
as long as you don't want to put the method calls in your own threads
(IME and IMO).
* Synapse is class based, blocking, and has a straight internal code
flow (i.e. no threads or messages). You must in most cases write your
own threads, but the code is easy to debug.
.
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