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Share an Existing SSH Tunnel (Socket) with IMAP

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.UseSshTunnel method, which uses an existing SSH tunnel, represented by a Socket object, for IMAP connections. The only argument is the Socket. Call it before Connect. This example opens and authenticates the tunnel on a Socket, then routes IMAP through it.

Background: A Socket object can open and hold an SSH tunnel that several Chilkat objects share. This is the approach when the tunnel is managed independently of any one protocol object — for example a long-lived tunnel reused across IMAP, POP3, and SMTP sessions — whereas SshOpenTunnel ties the tunnel's lifetime to the Imap object.

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#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkSocket.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the Imap.UseSshTunnel method, which uses an existing SSH tunnel (represented by
    //  a Socket) for IMAP connections.  The only argument is the Socket.  Call it before Connect.

    CkImap imap;

    //  Open and authenticate an SSH tunnel on a Socket object.  This tunnel can be shared with
    //  other Chilkat objects.
    CkSocket sshTunnel;
    int sshPort = 22;
    success = sshTunnel.SshOpenTunnel("ssh.example.com",sshPort);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sshTunnel.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  The SSH password is not hard-coded in source.  Insert code here to obtain it from an
    //  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    const char *sshPassword = 0;

    success = sshTunnel.SshAuthenticatePw("sshUser",sshPassword);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sshTunnel.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Tell the Imap object to use the existing tunnel.
    success = imap.UseSshTunnel(sshTunnel);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Now connect and log in to the IMAP server through the tunnel.
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = imap.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }
    }