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Chilkat2-Python
Specify a Certificate for Encrypted Email
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.AddEncryptCert method, which explicitly specifies a certificate to use when sending encrypted email. Call it once per recipient certificate; ClearEncryptCerts clears the list. This example loads a recipient certificate, registers it, and enables encrypted sending.
Background: When encrypting to multiple people, each recipient needs to be able to decrypt with their own private key. S/MIME handles this by encrypting the message's one-time content key separately under each recipient's public certificate and including all of those wrapped keys in the message.
AddEncryptCert is how you build that recipient list — one call per certificate — giving explicit control over exactly whose certificates are used rather than relying on automatic lookup.Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads
import sys
import chilkat2
success = False
# Demonstrates the AddEncryptCert method, which explicitly specifies a certificate for
# sending encrypted email. Call it once per recipient certificate. Use ClearEncryptCerts
# to clear the list.
email = chilkat2.Email()
email.Subject = "Encrypted email"
email.Body = "Encrypted to the specified recipient certificate(s)."
email.From = "alice@example.com"
email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
# Load a recipient certificate (public key) and add it to the encryption cert list.
cert = chilkat2.Cert()
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/recipient.cer")
if (success == False):
print(cert.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
success = email.AddEncryptCert(cert)
if (success == False):
print(email.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
# Request encrypted sending.
email.SendEncrypted = True
print("Added the recipient's encryption certificate.")
# Note: The path "qa_data/certs/recipient.cer" is a relative local filesystem path,
# relative to the current working directory of the running application.