(Delphi ActiveX) POP3 Verify Signed (S/MIME) Email

Demonstrates how to download and verify digitally signed S/MIME email.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
success: Integer;
sa: ICkStringArray;
email: IChilkatEmail;
uidl: WideString;
i: Integer;
cert: IChilkatCert;

begin
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

// Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost := 'pop.someMailServer.com';

// Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.PopPassword := 'myPassword';

sa := mailman.GetUidls();
if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

i := 0;
while i < sa.Count do
  begin

    uidl := sa.GetString(i);

    email := mailman.FetchEmail(uidl);
    if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);

        Exit;
      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.Subject);

    // The security layers of signed and/or encrypted emails
    // are automatically "unwrapped" when loaded into
    // a Chilkat email object.
    // An application only needs to check to see if an email
    // was received signed or encrypted, and then examine
    // the success/failure.  For example:
    if (email.ReceivedSigned = 1) then
      begin

        Memo1.Lines.Add('This email was signed.');

        // Check to see if the signatures were verified.
        if (email.SignaturesValid = 1) then
          begin
            Memo1.Lines.Add('Digital signature(s) verified.');
            Memo1.Lines.Add('Signer: ' + email.SignedBy);

            // The certificate used for signing may be obtained
            // by calling email.GetSignedByCert.

            cert := email.GetSignedByCert();
            if (email.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
              begin
                Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to get signing certificate object.');
              end
            else
              begin
                Memo1.Lines.Add('Signing cert: ' + cert.SubjectCN);

              end;

          end
        else
          begin
            Memo1.Lines.Add('Digital signature verification failed.');
          end;

      end;

    i := i + 1;
  end;

mailman.Pop3EndSession();
end;