Sockets4AIM is the first full featured .NET component that can connect to AOL's Instant Messenger service and send and receive instant messages. Some of the great features of Sockets4AIM:

• Connect to any AOL messenger server that supports the TOC protocol
• Supports many buddy operations including Block, Permit, Request Buddy Profile, Monitor Buddy's status
• Send throttling - Sockets4AIM automatically limits outgoing messages to avoid being shut down by AOL
• Automatically sends keep alive messages to avoid getting dropped
• Runs as a background thread so your application can run uninterrupted
• Sends event notification to event listeners whenever any type of message arrives

Sockets4DNS extends the System.DNS class to perform DNS host lookups from any DNS server and all types of DNS lookup types as defined in RFC1035.

Sockets4DNS has the the following features:

• Fail over DNS servers
• Adjustable DNS timeout
• Retrieve list of system DNS servers from each network interface
• 100% managed code, written in C#
• Complete examples in both VB and C#

Sockets4Email has the the following features:

• Validate email address to configurable level
• Adjustable DNS timeout
• Failover DNS servers
• 100% managed code, written in C#
• Complete examples in both VB and C#

Sockets4ICMP encapsulates low-level ICMP packets for use in applications that issue pings and traceroute packets. The namespace even includes a "Pinger" class which includes all the functionality you need to test network connectivity.