Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Set Cert and Private Key for S/MIME Decryption

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.SetDecryptCert2 method, which specifies a certificate together with a separately supplied private key for decrypting S/MIME messages. The first argument is the Cert and the second is the PrivateKey. This example loads the certificate and key from separate files.

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

Background: Sometimes the certificate (the public part) and the private key are stored separately — a .cer alongside a PEM key file, for instance. This method pairs them explicitly, whereas SetDecryptCert expects a single Cert that already provides its private key. After the pairing, subsequently downloaded S/MIME messages are decrypted automatically.

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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.PrivateKey,
  Chilkat.Imap,
  Chilkat.Cert;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  imap: TImap;
  cert: TCert;
  privKey: TPrivateKey;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the Imap.SetDecryptCert2 method, which specifies a certificate together with a
  //  separately supplied private key for decrypting S/MIME messages.  The 1st argument is the
  //  Cert and the 2nd is the PrivateKey.

  imap := TImap.Create;

  imap.Ssl := True;
  imap.Port := 993;

  success := imap.Connect('imap.example.com');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  success := imap.Login('user@example.com','myPassword');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Load the certificate and its private key from separate files.
  cert := TCert.Create;
  success := cert.LoadFromFile('qa_data/smime.cer');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(cert.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  privKey := TPrivateKey.Create;
  success := privKey.LoadPemFile('qa_data/smime_privkey.pem');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(privKey.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Use the cert and key to automatically decrypt subsequently downloaded S/MIME messages.
  success := imap.SetDecryptCert2(cert,privKey);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  success := imap.Disconnect();
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;


  imap.Free;
  cert.Free;
  privKey.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.