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Set an IMAP TLS Client Certificate from PEM

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.SetSslClientCertPem method, which supplies a TLS client certificate and private key from PEM. The first argument may be the PEM text itself or a path to a PEM file (Chilkat detects which), and the second is the password used when the private key is encrypted. Call it before connecting.

Note: The certificate path is relative to the application's current working directory. Supply the path to your own certificate file.

Background: PEM is the Base64 text format (delimited by -----BEGIN----- lines) commonly produced by OpenSSL and used across Unix tooling. This method is the convenient choice when your client certificate and key already live in a .pem file; use SetSslClientCertPfx for a PKCS #12 .pfx/.p12 bundle instead.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Imap.SetSslClientCertPem method, which supplies a TLS client certificate
-- and private key from PEM.  The 1st argument is the PEM text or a PEM file path, and the 2nd
-- is the password when the private key is encrypted.  It must be called before connecting.

local imap = chilkat.Imap.new()

imap.ssl = true
imap.port = 993

-- The PEM private-key password is not hard-coded in source.  Insert code here to obtain it from an
-- interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
local pemPassword = ""

-- Provide the PEM client certificate BEFORE connecting.  The first argument may be a PEM file
-- path or the PEM text itself.
local success = imap:set_ssl_client_cert_pem("qa_data/client.pem", pemPassword)
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

success = imap:connect("imap.example.com")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

success = imap:login("user@example.com", "myPassword")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

success = imap:disconnect()
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end