The Chilkat .NET email component can be used with any Visual Studio programming language (C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET) and provides managed classes for creating, sending and retrieving Internet e-mail. It fully supports SMTP, POP3, MIME, HTML, SSL, S/MIME, secure authentication, attachments, SSL, progress monitoring, zip and unzip of attachments, XML import/export, and is fully internationalized to handle email in any language. The Chilkat mail components draw on over 7 years of email component development, and has an established user base of approximately 10,000 customers. Chilkat's licensing provides for free new-version upgrades, 1 year unlimited email and phone support, and royalty-free redistribution.