C
C
Find Certificate for Email Encryption
Demonstrates finding the recipient's certificate in the Windows certificate store and using it to send encrypted email.Chilkat C Downloads
#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>
#include <C_CkCert.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkMailMan mailman;
HCkEmail email;
const char *recipientEmailAddr;
HCkCert cert;
success = FALSE;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
mailman = CkMailMan_Create();
// Set the SMTP server.
CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,"smtp.example.com");
// Create a new email object
email = CkEmail_Create();
CkEmail_putSubject(email,"This email is encrypted");
CkEmail_putBody(email,"This is a digitally encrypted mail");
CkEmail_putFrom(email,"Joe <joe@example.com>");
// Emails are encrypted using the recipient's certificate.
recipientEmailAddr = "jane@example2.com";
CkEmail_AddTo(email,"Jane",recipientEmailAddr);
// Indicate that the email is to be sent encrypted.
CkEmail_putSendEncrypted(email,TRUE);
// This example demonstrates finding the email encryption certificate
// on a Windows system where the certificate is stored in the Windows
// certificate store.
cert = CkCert_Create();
// The recipient's certificate is used to encrypt.
// (Because the recipient is the only one in possession of the private key to decrypt.)
success = CkCert_LoadByEmailAddress(cert,recipientEmailAddr);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkCert_lastErrorText(cert));
CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkCert_Dispose(cert);
return;
}
// Specify the certificate to be used for encryption.
success = CkEmail_SetEncryptCert(email,cert);
success = CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,email);
if (success != TRUE) {
printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
}
else {
printf("Encrypted Mail Sent!\n");
}
CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkCert_Dispose(cert);
}