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POP3 Read S/MIME Encrypted Email

Read S/MIME encrypted email.

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    success := false

    // 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.
    mailman := chilkat.NewMailMan()

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    mailman.SetMailHost("pop.example.com")

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    mailman.SetPopUsername("myLogin")
    mailman.SetPopPassword("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.
    success = mailman.AddPfxSourceFile("/pfxFiles/certs_and_keys_1.pfx","pfxPassword1")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mailman.LastErrorText())
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        return
    }

    success = mailman.AddPfxSourceFile("/pfxFiles/certs_and_keys_2.pfx","pfxPassword2")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mailman.LastErrorText())
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        return
    }

    // ...
    // 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.
    bundle := chilkat.NewEmailBundle()
    keepOnServer := true
    headersOnly := false
    // Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
    numBodyLines := 0
    success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(mailman.LastErrorText())
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
        return
    }

    // 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
    email := chilkat.NewEmail()
    i := 0
    for i < bundle.MessageCount() {

        bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

        fmt.Println(email.From())
        fmt.Println(email.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 email.ReceivedEncrypted() == true {

            fmt.Println("This email was encrypted when received.")
            if email.Decrypted() == true {
                fmt.Println("This email was successfully decrypted.  It was encrypted by:")
                fmt.Println(email.EncryptedBy())
            } else {
                fmt.Println("This email was not decrypted.")
            }

        }

        if email.ReceivedSigned() == true {

            fmt.Println("This email was signed when received.")
            if email.SignaturesValid() == true {
                fmt.Println("The signature was verified.  It was signed by:")
                fmt.Println(email.SignedBy())
            } else {
                fmt.Println("The signature verification failed.")
            }

        }

        // The email's body, HTML body, attachments, etc.
        // are decrypted and available just like any non-encrypted email.

        fmt.Println("--")

        i = i + 1
    }


    mailman.DisposeMailMan()
    bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
    email.DisposeEmail()