Use a PFX TLS Client Certificate

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Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.SetSslClientCertPfx method, which sets the client-side certificate for SSL/TLS connections, loading it from a PFX/PKCS#12 file. The first argument is the path to the PFX file and the second is its password. This example loads a client certificate directly from a PFX.

Background: This is the convenience form of SetSslClientCert: rather than loading a Cert object first, you point straight at the PFX file and password. A PFX (PKCS#12) bundles the certificate with its private key — exactly what mutual TLS requires, since the client must prove possession of the key during the handshake. It is the usual client-credential format on Windows.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the MailMan.SetSslClientCertPfx method, which sets the client-side
    //  certificate for SSL/TLS connections, loading it from a PFX/PKCS#12 file.  The 1st argument
    //  is the PFX path and the 2nd is the PFX password.

    mailman := chilkat.NewMailMan()

    //  Configure the SMTP server connection.
    mailman.SetSmtpHost("smtp.example.com")
    mailman.SetSmtpPort(465)
    mailman.SetSmtpSsl(true)
    mailman.SetSmtpUsername("user@example.com")
    mailman.SetSmtpPassword("myPassword")

    //  Load the client certificate directly from a PFX file.
    success = mailman.SetSslClientCertPfx("qa_data/certs/client.pfx","pfx_password")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mailman.LastErrorText())
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        return
    }

    success = mailman.VerifySmtpLogin()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mailman.LastErrorText())
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Connected using a PFX TLS client certificate.")

    //  Note: The path "qa_data/certs/client.pfx" is a relative local filesystem path,
    //  relative to the current working directory of the running application.

    mailman.DisposeMailMan()