Verify DomainKey-Signature Headers in Downloaded Email
See more DKIM / DomainKey Examples
Downloads email from an IMAP server and verifies the DomainKey-Signature header(s) in each email, if present.
Note: DKIM-Signatures are much more common than DomainKey-Signatures. See the other Chilkat example for verifying DKIM-Signatures (link in the code below).
Chilkat Xojo Plugin Downloads
Dim success As Boolean
success = False
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap
// Connect to an IMAP server, login, select mailbox..
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = True) Then
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = True) Then
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
End If
End If
If (success <> True) Then
System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
// Note: DKIM-Signatures are much more common than DomainKey-Signature
// See DKIM-Signature Verify Sample.
Dim dkim As New Chilkat.Dkim
// Download a max of 10 emails and verify any DomainKey-Signature headers
// that are present.
// Download emails by sequence numbers (not UIDs).
Dim bUid As Boolean
bUid = False
Dim seqNum As Int32
Dim j As Int32
Dim n As Int32
n = imap.NumMessages
If (n > 50) Then
n = 50
End If
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False
// To verify DomainKey-Signature headers, we need the exact unmodified MIME bytes of each email.
Dim mimeData As New Chilkat.BinData
seqNum = 1
While seqNum <= n
// The FetchSingleBd method was introduced in v9.5.0.76
success = imap.FetchSingleBd(seqNum,bUid,mimeData)
If (success <> True) Then
System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
// Note: DKIM-Signatures are much more common than DomainKey-Signature
// See DKIM-Signature Verify Sample.
// Get the number of DomainKey-Signature headers.
Dim numSigs As Int32
numSigs = dkim.NumDomainKeySigs(mimeData)
// Verify each..
j = 0
While j < numSigs
System.DebugLog("------ DomainKey Signature " + Str(j))
success = dkim.DomainKeyVerify(j,mimeData)
If (success <> True) Then
System.DebugLog("Not valid.")
System.DebugLog(dkim.LastErrorText)
Else
System.DebugLog("valid.")
End If
// Show the additional information about the signature verification
success = json.Load(dkim.VerifyInfo)
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())
// The JSON contains information such as this:
// {
// "domain": "amazonses.com",
// "selector": "7v7vs6w47njt4pimodk5mmttbegzsi6n",
// "publicKey": "MIGfMA0GCSqG...v2GvWPqGHz6uqeQIDAQAB",
// "canonicalization": "relaxed/simple",
// "algorithm": "rsa-sha256",
// "signedHeaders": "Subject:From:To:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type:References:Message-Id:Feedback-ID",
// "verified": "yes"
// }
j = j + 1
Wend
seqNum = seqNum + 1
Wend
success = imap.Disconnect()