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Use a PFX TLS Client Certificate

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.SetSslClientCertPfx method, which sets the client-side certificate for SSL/TLS connections, loading it from a PFX/PKCS#12 file. The first argument is the path to the PFX file and the second is its password. This example loads a client certificate directly from a PFX.

Background: This is the convenience form of SetSslClientCert: rather than loading a Cert object first, you point straight at the PFX file and password. A PFX (PKCS#12) bundles the certificate with its private key — exactly what mutual TLS requires, since the client must prove possession of the key during the handshake. It is the usual client-credential format on Windows.

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#include <CkMailManW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the MailMan.SetSslClientCertPfx method, which sets the client-side
    //  certificate for SSL/TLS connections, loading it from a PFX/PKCS#12 file.  The 1st argument
    //  is the PFX path and the 2nd is the PFX password.

    CkMailManW mailman;

    //  Configure the SMTP server connection.
    mailman.put_SmtpHost(L"smtp.example.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpPort(465);
    mailman.put_SmtpSsl(true);
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername(L"user@example.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword(L"myPassword");

    //  Load the client certificate directly from a PFX file.
    success = mailman.SetSslClientCertPfx(L"qa_data/certs/client.pfx",L"pfx_password");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.VerifySmtpLogin();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Connected using a PFX TLS client certificate.\n");

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