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Get the SMTP or POP3 Server's TLS Certificate
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Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.GetServerCert method, which gets the digital certificate presented by the SMTP or POP3 server for the current SSL/TLS connection and stores it in a Cert object. Pass true for the SMTP server's certificate or false for the POP3 server's. This example connects to the SMTP server and prints the certificate's subject and issuer.
Background: During a TLS handshake the server presents a certificate proving its identity, and the client validates it against trusted authorities. Retrieving that certificate lets you inspect it yourself — checking the subject, issuer, or expiration for auditing, logging, or certificate-pinning style checks. It must be called while a TLS connection is established, since the certificate belongs to that specific session.
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Dim success As Boolean = False
' Demonstrates the MailMan.GetServerCert method, which gets the digital certificate
' presented by the SMTP or POP3 server for the current SSL/TLS connection. Pass True for
' the SMTP server's certificate, or False for the POP3 server's certificate.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan
' Configure the SMTP server connection.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.example.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 465
mailman.SmtpSsl = True
mailman.SmtpUsername = "user@example.com"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
' Establish the TLS connection.
success = mailman.SmtpConnect()
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Get the certificate the SMTP server presented (useSmtp = True).
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = mailman.GetServerCert(True,cert)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.WriteLine("Server certificate subject (CN): " & cert.SubjectCN)
Debug.WriteLine("Issued by: " & cert.IssuerCN)
success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If