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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LOCAL loMailman
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loCert
LOCAL loEmail

*  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
loMailman = CreateObject('Chilkat.MailMan2')

*  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.

lnSuccess = loMailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX("Component unlock failed")
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Set the SMTP server.
loMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.comcast.net"

*  Load the .cer file into a certificate object:
loCert = CreateObject('Chilkat.Cert')
lnSuccess = loCert.LoadFromFile("cknotes.cer")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loCert.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Create a new email object
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email2')

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

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

*  Specify the certificate:
loEmail.SetEncryptCert(loCert)

lnSuccess = loMailman.SendEmail(loEmail)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loMailman.LastErrorText)
ELSE
    =MESSAGEBOX("Mail Sent!")
ENDIF