Installation and Software Requirements

The “4D Internet Commands” plug-in is integrated in 4D in the same way as other plug-ins.

4D Internet Commands becomes automatically available when you install a 4D product since the plug-in is automatically installed in the PlugIns folder of your application.

For more information on plug-in installation and configuration, please refer to the 4D Product Line Installation Guide.

4D Internet Commands require the same system configuration as required for 4D. For more information, refer to the 4D's Installation Guide.

The 4D Internet Commands 64-bit version must be used with the 64-bit version of 4D Server:

• Windows: 4D Server 64-bit version is available starting with version 12.1
• OS X: 4D Server 64-bit version for OS X is available starting with version 14 R3

In order to use the suite of commands in 4D Internet Commands, you must have access to a network that supports TCP/IP.

4D Internet Commands allows you to use the secure protocol with commands for sending messages and connecting with the e-mail servers. No special configuration is required.

Note: The implementation of TLS in 4D Internet Commands uses the "implicit method".

For many of the 4D Internet Commands, it is necessary to have access to a domain name server. For more information, please refer to your network administrator.

In order to send mail using the set of SMTP commands, it is necessary for the sender to have access to a SMTP mail server, which will forward the message to a POP3 mail server.

In order to use the POP3 commands, you must have an account on a POP3 mail server.

In order to use the IMAP commands, you must have an account on an IMAP mail server.