Share an Existing SSH Tunnel (Socket) with IMAP

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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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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.

Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

//  Open and authenticate an SSH tunnel on a Socket object.  This tunnel can be shared with
//  other Chilkat objects.
Chilkat.Socket sshTunnel = new Chilkat.Socket();
int sshPort = 22;
success = sshTunnel.SshOpenTunnel("ssh.example.com",sshPort);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sshTunnel.LastErrorText);
    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.
string sshPassword;

success = sshTunnel.SshAuthenticatePw("sshUser",sshPassword);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sshTunnel.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Tell the Imap object to use the existing tunnel.
success = imap.UseSshTunnel(sshTunnel);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Now connect and log in to the IMAP server through the tunnel.
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = imap.Disconnect();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}