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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL cPfxPassword
LOCAL oVault

nSuccess := 0

//  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.

oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

oImap:Ssl := 1
oImap:Port := 993

nSuccess := oImap:Connect("imap.example.com")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oImap:Login("user@example.com", "myPassword")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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.
oVault := CreateObject("Chilkat.XmlCertVault")
nSuccess := oVault:AddPfxFile("qa_data/smime.pfx", cPfxPassword)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oVault:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oVault:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Associate the vault with the Imap object.  Only one vault is associated at a time.
nSuccess := oImap:UseCertVault(oVault)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oVault:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oImap:Disconnect()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oVault:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oImap:destroy()
oVault:destroy()