(PowerShell) IMAP Login Secure

Demonstrates how to use the LoginSecure method introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.71.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

# Connect to an IMAP server..
$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993
$success = $imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
# that contains this:

# {
#   "imap_login": "fLkxsfnVaIWLiL/R32jo6g==",
#   "imap_password": "/NbaFBoCftBLFf8WBU9Xtw=="
# }

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.LoadFile("qa_data/passwords/imap.json")

$crypt = New-Object Chilkat.Crypt2

# These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
$crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "aes"
$crypt.CipherMode = "cbc"
$crypt.KeyLength = 128
$crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
$crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
$crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"

$ssLogin = New-Object Chilkat.SecureString
$ssPassword = New-Object Chilkat.SecureString

# Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
# a randomly generated session key.)
$crypt.DecryptSecureENC($json.StringOf("imap_login"),$ssLogin)
$crypt.DecryptSecureENC($json.StringOf("imap_password"),$ssPassword)

# Pass the credentials to the LoginSecure method:
$success = $imap.LoginSecure($ssLogin,$ssPassword)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# ...

$imap.Disconnect()