Perl

Set the Decryption Certificate for an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetDecryptCert method, which explicitly provides a certificate (with access to its private key) for decrypting a received encrypted email. Set the certificate before loading the encrypted message so Chilkat can decrypt it automatically. This example loads the certificate from a PFX, sets it, and then loads an encrypted email.

Background: Decrypting S/MIME email requires the recipient's private key. On Windows and macOS, Chilkat can find an installed certificate automatically, but when the key lives in a standalone PFX file you provide it explicitly with SetDecryptCert. A PFX (PKCS#12) bundles the certificate and its private key in one password-protected file. If the certificate and key are in separate files, use SetDecryptCert2 instead.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the SetDecryptCert method, which explicitly provides a certificate (with
#  access to its private key) for decrypting a received encrypted email.  Set the cert
#  before loading the encrypted email so it can be decrypted automatically.

$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();

#  Load a certificate together with its private key from a PFX file.
$cert = chilkat::CkCert->new();
$success = $cert->LoadPfxFile("qa_data/certs/decryption.pfx","pfx_password");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Provide the certificate to use for decryption.
$success = $email->SetDecryptCert($cert);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Load the encrypted email; Chilkat decrypts it using the certificate.
$success = $email->LoadEml("qa_data/eml/encrypted.eml");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "ReceivedEncrypted = " . $email->get_ReceivedEncrypted() . "\r\n";
print "Decrypted = " . $email->get_Decrypted() . "\r\n";

#  Note: Paths such as "qa_data/..." are relative local filesystem paths,
#  relative to the current working directory of the running application.