Using a .cer Certificate File for Encrypted Email

Sends an encrypted email using the recipient's digital certificate from a .cer file.

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<%
'  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
set mailman = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan2")

'  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode("Component unlock failed") & "</pre>"

End If

'  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.comcast.net"

'  Load the .cer file into a certificate object:
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = cert.LoadFromFile("cknotes.cer")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode(cert.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

'  Create a new email object
set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email2")

email.Subject = "This email is encrypted"
email.Body = "This is a digitally encrypted mail"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
email.AddTo "Chilkat Blog","admin@cknotes.com"

'  Indicate that the email is to be sent encrypted.
email.SendEncrypted = 1

'  Specify the certificate:
email.SetEncryptCert cert

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode(mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode("Mail Sent!") & "</pre>"
End If

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