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POP3 Read S/MIME Encrypted Email
Read S/MIME encrypted email.Chilkat .NET Core C# Downloads
bool 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.
Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();
// Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com";
// Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin";
mailman.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.
success = mailman.AddPfxSourceFile("/pfxFiles/certs_and_keys_1.pfx","pfxPassword1");
if (success == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText);
return;
}
success = mailman.AddPfxSourceFile("/pfxFiles/certs_and_keys_2.pfx","pfxPassword2");
if (success == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText);
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.
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = new Chilkat.EmailBundle();
bool keepOnServer = true;
bool headersOnly = false;
// Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
int numBodyLines = 0;
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle);
if (success == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText);
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
Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
int i = 0;
while (i < bundle.MessageCount) {
bundle.EmailAt(i,email);
Debug.WriteLine(email.From);
Debug.WriteLine(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) {
Debug.WriteLine("This email was encrypted when received.");
if (email.Decrypted == true) {
Debug.WriteLine("This email was successfully decrypted. It was encrypted by:");
Debug.WriteLine(email.EncryptedBy);
}
else {
Debug.WriteLine("This email was not decrypted.");
}
}
if (email.ReceivedSigned == true) {
Debug.WriteLine("This email was signed when received.");
if (email.SignaturesValid == true) {
Debug.WriteLine("The signature was verified. It was signed by:");
Debug.WriteLine(email.SignedBy);
}
else {
Debug.WriteLine("The signature verification failed.");
}
}
// The email's body, HTML body, attachments, etc.
// are decrypted and available just like any non-encrypted email.
Debug.WriteLine("--");
i = i + 1;
}