Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Xbase++
POP3 Read S/MIME Encrypted Email
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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMailman
LOCAL oBundle
LOCAL nKeepOnServer
LOCAL nHeadersOnly
LOCAL nNumBodyLines
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL i
nSuccess := 0
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
// and sending (SMTP) email.
oMailman := CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")
// Set the POP3 server's hostname
oMailman:MailHost := "pop.example.com"
// Set the POP3 login/password.
oMailman:PopUsername := "myLogin"
oMailman:PopPassword := "myPassword"
// If running on Microsoft Windows, the Chilkat mailman
// will automatically search the registry-based certificate stores
// for matching certificates and private keys required for
// decryption. However, on Linux, MAX OS X, and other
// operating systems, no such thing exists. Therefore, you'll
// need to specify one or more PFX (.p12 / .pfx) files as
// sources for locating the certs required for decyrption.
nSuccess := oMailman:AddPfxSourceFile("/pfxFiles/certs_and_keys_1.pfx", "pfxPassword1")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oMailman:LastErrorText
oMailman:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
nSuccess := oMailman:AddPfxSourceFile("/pfxFiles/certs_and_keys_2.pfx", "pfxPassword2")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oMailman:LastErrorText
oMailman:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// ...
// Note: On MS Windows, it is not required to provide PFX sources
// if the needed certs and private keys are already installed
// on the system (in the registry-based certificate stores).
// Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox
// into a bundle object. The email remains on the server.
oBundle := CreateObject("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
nKeepOnServer := 1
nHeadersOnly := 0
// Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
nNumBodyLines := 0
nSuccess := oMailman:FetchAll(nKeepOnServer, nHeadersOnly, nNumBodyLines, oBundle)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oMailman:LastErrorText
oMailman:destroy()
oBundle:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// S/MIME security envelopes are automatically "unwrapped"
// when a message is retrieved from the server. Signed emails are automatically verified, and
// encrypted emails are automatically decrypted, restoring the email to the original state before
// signing and/or encrypting. Information about the signing and encrypting certificates can be
// retrieved from the Email object (methods: GetSignedByCert, GetEncryptedByCert;
// properties: SignedBy, EncryptedBy, SignaturesValid, Decrypted, ReceivedSigned,
// ReceivedEncrypted).
// Loop over the bundle
oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < oBundle:MessageCount
oBundle:EmailAt(i, oEmail)
? oEmail:From
? oEmail:Subject
// At this point, if the email was signed and/or encrypted, it is already "unwrapped", i.e.
// the email is already decrypted and in a state as if it were never signed or encrypted.
// You may check to see if the email was received encrypted or signed, and if so,
// whether it was successfully unwrapped and who signed or encrypted it:
IF (oEmail:ReceivedEncrypted == 1)
? "This email was encrypted when received."
IF (oEmail:Decrypted == 1)
? "This email was successfully decrypted. It was encrypted by:"
? oEmail:EncryptedBy
ELSE
? "This email was not decrypted."
ENDIF
ENDIF
IF (oEmail:ReceivedSigned == 1)
? "This email was signed when received."
IF (oEmail:SignaturesValid == 1)
? "The signature was verified. It was signed by:"
? oEmail:SignedBy
ELSE
? "The signature verification failed."
ENDIF
ENDIF
// The email's body, HTML body, attachments, etc.
// are decrypted and available just like any non-encrypted email.
? "--"
i := i + 1
ENDDO
oMailman:destroy()
oBundle:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()