Goodbye 4D Internet Commands – Hello Modern Internet Integration
With the release of 4D 21, we’re officially saying goodbye to the 4D Internet Commands plugin, a long-standing companion for many developers since the early days of the internet. But this isn’t just the end of an era. It’s the beginning of a more secure, more powerful, and more enjoyable way to handle internet communications in 4D.
You can still continue using 4D Internet Commands in version 20 with 4D 21. So, why make the switch? Because the new built-in classes are not just replacements, they’re a complete rethinking of how internet protocols should be handled in a modern development environment. They’re native, thread-safe, and designed to meet today’s standards in security, performance, and flexibility.
4D Netkit: Append an email with Gmail
There may be times when you find it necessary to keep an email as a template inside a designated label in your mailbox. With the release of 4D 20 R5, we have introduced a feature that allows you to add an email to a mailbox without sending it.
4D Netkit: Assign Labels & Get Multiple Emails with Gmail API
From 4D v20 R4, we are adding a duo of powerful enhancements to the Gmail command set.
The first feature allows you to retrieve several emails simultaneously, and the second one will enable you to manage label emails.
Keep reading for all the details.
4D Netkit: Create, delete and update Gmail labels
Gmail labels provide a flexible way to categorize and organize emails, enabling personalized and efficient email management. Their use facilitates easy navigation and identification of messages, offering an enhanced user experience in email handling.
With this last set of functions that includes all the features to manage labels from the 4D v20 R4, you have in 4D NetKit a set of functions to manage your Gmail labels by programming.
Microsoft 365: Update Mail Properties
Your feedback matters, and we’ve been listening!
Many of you have been eager for a command to update the ‘isRead’ flag in emails. Starting with 4D v20 R3, 4D Netkit has incorporated this highly requested feature. Now, you can effortlessly update various properties of received or drafted emails using the new ‘Office365.mail.update()‘ function.
Keep reading for more details.
4D Netkit: Get Labels And Emails From Gmail
As we continue to integrate the Gmail API into 4D Netkit, we’re bringing you a comprehensive set of commands to seamlessly manage your emails.
With 4D v20 R3, we’re introducing new commands that empower you to effortlessly retrieve the list of labels, get emails, and efficiently remove them.
Let’s learn more!
4D Netkit: Send email with the Gmail API
We understand the significance of email communication and recognize that sending emails is a frequent requirement in modern applications. Numerous individuals who use Gmail have expressed their desire for an API that facilitates email sending through Gmail API. The integration of OAuth 2.0 was essential to establish a connection with the Gmail server.
We are pleased to announce that we will be venturing into Gmail management and implementing a ‘send email’ command.
IMAP: Mailbox Id and mail keywords
4D v20 brings two very useful features to IMAP Transporters!
Interacting with some IMAP mail servers and clients requires to manage custom keywords in mails, and benefit from some of their specific features.
We also added the mailbox ID support in our IMAP Transporter so that you can identify a given mailbox even after it is renamed.
POP3: Download the Mail Header Only
When retrieving email messages using POP3, it’s possible to retrieve just the message headers (which include information such as the sender, subject, and date) without downloading the entire message body.
Retrieving just the message headers can be helpful when you want to quickly scan the list of messages in your mailbox to decide which ones to download and read in full.
Starting with 4D v20, a new parameter is added to the .getMail() function of the POP3 transporter to receive your emails without the body. This function can be even more helpful if you use Gmail because it does not trigger the deletion of read emails.
Microsoft 365: Create, delete, and rename mail folders with the Microsoft Graph API
To access the data in Microsoft 365, like emails, Microsoft is deprecating Basic authentication for IMAP and POP3 and is increasingly promoting the Graph API.
With this last set of functions that includes all the features to manage folders from the 4D v20, you have in 4D NetKit a set of functions to manage your mailboxes by programming with the Microsoft Graph API.
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