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S/MIME Encrypt .eml without Sending

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Demonstrates how to encrypt an email using the recipient's digital certificate. This example just encrypts, and does not send the email.

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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 email As New Chilkat.Email

success = email.LoadEml("c:/temp/email/unencrypted.eml")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// The email content is encrypted using AES with a 256-bit key, operating in GCM mode, which provides authenticated encryption.
email.Pkcs7CryptAlg = "aes-gcm"
email.Pkcs7KeyLength = 256
email.OaepPadding = True
email.OaepHash = "sha256"
email.OaepMgfHash = "sha256"

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = cert.LoadFromFile("c/temps/cert/recipient.cer")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

email.SendEncrypted = True
success = email.SetEncryptCert(cert)

Dim sbSmime As New Chilkat.StringBuilder

// The mailman object applies the encryption by rendering the email according to the instructions (property settings) provided in the email object.
// No email is sent.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan
success = mailman.RenderToMimeSb(email,sbSmime)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = sbSmime.WriteFile("c:/temp/encryptedEmail.eml","utf-8",False)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success!")