AspEmail 4.3 released 2/29
new Persits Software has released version 4.3 of its free mail component. The new version supports AUTH LOGIN authentication so that you can use the component with password-protected SMTP servers. Other features include support for backup SMTP servers, and non-US ASCII characters in message headers.

Getting information from forms 2/29
article You are beginning to see more .ASP extensions rather than .CGI extensions in your URLs. Active Server Pages allows the developer to easily code dynamic web pages. In this very short article on dev-center, the author shows you how to retrieve information from the user with forms.

Create a random password 2/29
article In this article on WebF1, the code will allow you to create a random password in ASP. You supply the length of the password, and it will return a password which contains upper case, lower case and numbers.

ASPEdit 2000 build 16 released 2/29
new Tashcom has released the latest version of ASPEdit. It holds numerous new features, more wizards, and more enhanced statement builders, and TopStyle support. Besides ASP support, ASPEdit also supports php, miva, perl, css, html, vbscript, jscript and more. $50.

Filter out bad email addresses 2/28
new Hexillion has issued the final release of HexValidEmail 1.0, an ActiveX component for validating email addresses. To catch more errors and improve email database quality, HexValidEmail provides two additional validation steps (DNS and SMTP) beyond the syntax check done by typical JavaScript routines. $120.