Set the Recipient Encryption Certificate

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetEncryptCert method, which sets the explicit recipient encryption certificate for sending an encrypted email. This example loads the recipient's certificate, sets it, and enables encrypted sending.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SetEncryptCert method, which sets the explicit recipient encryption
    //  certificate for sending an encrypted email.

    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    email.Subject = "Encrypted email";
    email.Body = "This message will be sent S/MIME encrypted.";
    email.From = "alice@example.com";
    email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com");

    //  Load the recipient's certificate (only the public key is needed to encrypt).
    var cert = new chilkat.Cert();
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/recipient.cer");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        return true;
    }

    //  Set the explicit recipient encryption certificate.
    success = email.SetEncryptCert(cert);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return true;
    }

    //  Request encrypted sending.
    email.SendEncrypted = true;

    console.log("Encryption certificate set.");

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

}

chilkatExample();