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Use an XML Certificate Vault with IMAP

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.UseCertVault method, which associates an XmlCertVault with the Imap object as a source of certificates and private keys for S/MIME operations. The only argument is the vault. Only one vault is associated at a time.

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

Background: An XmlCertVault is a portable container that can hold multiple certificates and keys in a single (optionally password-protected) XML file. It is a convenient way to ship the exact set of credentials an application needs without depending on the operating system's certificate stores. Associating a vault makes all of its contents available for S/MIME decryption and signature verification.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the Imap.UseCertVault method, which associates an XmlCertVault with the Imap
#  object as a source of certificates and private keys for S/MIME operations.  The only
#  argument is the XmlCertVault.

$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993

$success = $imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  The PFX password is not hard-coded in source.  Insert code here to obtain it from an
#  interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.

#  Build a certificate vault and add a PFX to it.
$vault = New-Object Chilkat.XmlCertVault
$success = $vault.AddPfxFile("qa_data/smime.pfx",$pfxPassword)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($vault.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Associate the vault with the Imap object.  Only one vault is associated at a time.
$success = $imap.UseCertVault($vault)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $imap.Disconnect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}