Create a DKIM-Signature for a MIME Message

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Dkim.DkimSign method, which creates a DKIM-Signature header and prepends it to a complete MIME message held in a BinData, modifying it in place. The DkimAlg, DkimCanon, DkimDomain, DkimSelector, DkimHeaders, and DkimBodyLengthCount properties configure the generated signature.

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Background: The signature is computed over a hash of the body plus a chosen set of headers, so the message must be completely built — every header, encoding, and boundary — before signing; any later change invalidates it. The d= (domain) and s= (selector) tags tell a verifier where to find the public key: at selector._domainkey.domain in DNS. relaxed/relaxed canonicalization tolerates the minor whitespace changes mail systems make in transit, which is why it is the common choice.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the Dkim.DkimSign method, which creates a DKIM-Signature header and prepends it to
    //  a complete MIME message.  The only argument is a BinData holding the MIME, which is modified in
    //  place.
    //  
    //  The DkimAlg, DkimCanon, DkimDomain, DkimSelector, DkimHeaders, and DkimBodyLengthCount
    //  properties configure the signature that is generated.

    dkim := chilkat.NewDkim()

    //  Configure the DKIM signature.
    dkim.SetDkimDomain("example.com")
    dkim.SetDkimSelector("myselector")

    //  Signing algorithm written to the a= tag.
    dkim.SetDkimAlg("rsa-sha256")

    //  Canonicalization for headers and body, written to the c= tag.
    dkim.SetDkimCanon("relaxed/relaxed")

    //  Colon-separated list of header fields to sign, written to the h= tag.
    dkim.SetDkimHeaders("From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID")

    //  Maximum number of canonicalized body bytes to hash.  0 means the entire body.
    dkim.SetDkimBodyLengthCount(0)

    //  Load the RSA private key and give it to the Dkim object.
    privKey := chilkat.NewPrivateKey()
    success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/dkim_private.pem")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(privKey.LastErrorText())
        dkim.DisposeDkim()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        return
    }

    success = dkim.SetDkimPrivateKey(privKey)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(dkim.LastErrorText())
        dkim.DisposeDkim()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        return
    }

    //  Load the complete MIME message to be signed.  It must already contain all headers, transfer
    //  encodings, MIME boundaries, and body bytes.
    mimeData := chilkat.NewBinData()
    success = mimeData.LoadFile("qa_data/message.eml")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mimeData.LastErrorText())
        dkim.DisposeDkim()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        mimeData.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    //  Sign.  The DKIM-Signature header is prepended to the MIME in place.
    success = dkim.DkimSign(mimeData)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(dkim.LastErrorText())
        dkim.DisposeDkim()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        mimeData.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    //  Save the signed message.
    success = mimeData.WriteFile("qa_output/signed.eml")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mimeData.LastErrorText())
        dkim.DisposeDkim()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        mimeData.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Message signed.")

    dkim.DisposeDkim()
    privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
    mimeData.DisposeBinData()