SIMAP Control

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The SIMAP Control is used to communicate with IMAP servers using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).

Syntax

SIMAP

Remarks

The SIMAP Control is the S/MIME-enabled equivalent of the IPWorks IMAP control. In addition to standard IMAP functions, the SIMAP control can decrypt or verify message signatures. The methods and properties for decrypting, and verifying signatures are identical to those provided with the S/MIME Control. When attempting to verify a signed message or when decrypting a message, call the Decrypt, VerifySignature, or DecryptAndVerifySignature methods, and the resulting text will be replaced in Message.

The SIMAP Control implements a standard IMAP client as specified in RFC 1730 and RFC 2060.

The first step in using the control is specifying a MailServer, a User to connect as, and a Password to authenticate with. After that, one or more requests may be sent to the server via the control's methods. Results are retrieved through events and a number of key properties.

Normally, after connecting to the server, a Mailbox is selected (or examined) using the ExamineMailbox method. After the Mailbox is selected, MessageCount and RecentMessageCount show the number of messages in the mailbox, and MailboxFlags show the flags pertaining to the mailbox.

A number of operations may be performed by the server in response to commands sent using the control's methods. The primary arguments for most commands are the Mailbox property and the MessageSet property. The MessageSet property denotes either a single message, or a range of messages. Other arguments are specified through other properties, such as SortCriteria and MessageFlags.

Responses are received through events, such as MessageInfo and MailboxList, and also are reflected to properties, such as MessageText and MessageSubject.

The MessagePart event describes the MIME structure of the retrieved messages. One MessagePart event is fired for every message part, giving information about the particular part. Later on, message parts may be retrieved separately through the FetchMessagePart method. This speeds up processing by avoiding the need to retrieve full messages from the server.

The PITrail event traces the interaction between the client and the server. It includes all exchanges except for transfers of messages, message parts, and message headers.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AuthMechanismThis property includes the authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the mail server.
AutoDecodePartsThis property determines whether or not to automatically decode message parts.
CertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).
CertStoreThis is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
CertStorePasswordIf the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
CertStoreTypeThis is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
CertSubjectThis is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
CommandThis property can be used to send additional commands directly to the server.
ConnectedThis shows whether the control is connected.
EndByteThis property includes the byte index of the position where the transfer should end.
FirewallAutoDetectThis property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallTypeThis property determines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallHostThis property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPasswordThis property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThis property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host .
FirewallUserThis property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
IdleThe current status of the control.
LastReplyThe last reply from the server.
LocalFileThis property includes the path to a local file for downloading the message body.
LocalHostThe name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
MailboxThis property includes the name of the mailbox selected on the server.
MailboxFlagsThis property defines flags in the selected mailbox.
MailboxListCountThe number of records in the MailboxList arrays.
MailboxListFlagsThis property contains the mailbox flags in a mailbox listing.
MailboxListNameThis property contains the mailbox name in a mailbox listing.
MailboxListSeparatorThe Separator property contains the character that separates the different parts in the mailbox path hierarchy.
MailPortThis property includes the port of the IMAP server (default is 143).
MailServerThis property includes the name or address of the mail server (IMAP server).
MessageThis property provides the raw message content.
MessageContentEncodingThis property includes the ContentEncoding of the selected message.
MessageContentTypeThis property includes the ContentType of the message.
MessageCountThis property includes the total number of messages on the Mailbox .
MessageDateThe property includes the time the message was created.
MessageDeliveryTimeThis property includes the time the message was delivered to the mail server.
MessageEncryptedThis property specifies whether or not the current message is encrypted.
MessageFlagsThis property contains the flags of the current message.
MessageFromThis property includes the address of the author of the message.
MessageHeaderCountThe number of records in the MessageHeader arrays.
MessageHeaderFieldThis property contains the name of the HTTP header (this is the same case as it is delivered).
MessageHeaderValueThis property contains the header contents.
MessageHeadersStringThis property includes the string version of the RFC 822-encoded headers in the message.
MessageIdThis property includes the message identifier of the current message.
MessageInfoCountThe number of records in the MessageInfo arrays.
MessageInfoDateThis property contains the date of a message in a message information listing.
MessageInfoFlagsThis property contains a message flag in a message information listing.
MessageInfoFromThis property contains the sender of a message in a message information listing.
MessageInfoMessageIdThe unique identifier of a message in a message information listing.
MessageInfoSizeThis property contains the size of a message in a message information listing.
MessageInfoSubjectThis property contains the subject of a message in a message information listing.
MessageInReplyToThis property includes the unique message identifier of the message being replied to.
MessageNetIdThis property includes the globally unique identifier of the message.
MessagePartCountThe number of records in the MessagePart arrays.
MessagePartContentDispositionThis property shows the value of the Content-Disposition header of the message part.
MessagePartContentEncodingThis property shows how the data are encoded.
MessagePartContentIdThis property shows the value of the Content-Id header of the message part.
MessagePartContentTypeThis property shows the type of data contained in the message part.
MessagePartFilenameThis property shows the filename corresponding to the part (if the part was included in the message as an attached file).
MessagePartIdThis property contains the identifier of a part listing that may be identified in other parts or messages.
MessagePartMultipartModeThis property shows how this part relates to the message's whole multipart structure (e.
MessagePartParametersThis property contains the additional parameters passed to the ContentType header, such as the part charset.
MessagePartSizeThis property contains the size of a part in a message part listing.
MessageRecipientCountThe number of records in the MessageRecipient arrays.
MessageRecipientAddressThis property contains the email address of the recipient.
MessageRecipientNameThis property contains the name of the recipient.
MessageRecipientOptionsThis property contains the recipient sending options (used only by SMTP).
MessageRecipientTypeThis property contains the recipient type: To, Cc, or Bcc.
MessageReplyToThis property includes the email addresses to which replies to the message should be sent.
MessageSenderThis property includes the address of the sender of the message.
MessageSetThis property includes the set of messages to operate on.
MessageSignedThis property specifies whether or not the current message is signed.
MessageSizeThis property includes the size of the selected message.
MessageSubjectThis property includes the subject of the message.
MessageTextThis property includes the body of the retrieved message.
OverwriteThis property indicates whether or not the control should overwrite files during transfer.
PasswordThis property includes the password to be used to authenticate to the MailServer .
PeekModeWhen set to True, the message Seen flag is not changed during reading.
RecentMessageCountThis property includes the number of new messages in the Mailbox .
SignerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).
SignerCertIssuerThis is the issuer of the certificate.
SignerCertSerialNumberThis is the serial number of the certificate encoded as a string.
SignerCertStoreThis is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
SignerCertStorePasswordIf the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
SignerCertStoreTypeThis is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
SignerCertSubjectThis is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
SignerCertChainCountThe number of records in the SignerCertChain arrays.
SignerCertChainEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).
SigningAlgorithmThis property includes a textual description of the signature hash algorithm.
SortCriteriaThis property sorts criteria to use for message retrieval operations.
SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).
SSLCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).
SSLCertStoreThis is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
SSLCertStorePasswordIf the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
SSLCertStoreTypeThis is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
SSLCertSubjectThis is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
SSLEnabledWhether TLS/SSL is enabled.
SSLProviderThis specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use.
SSLServerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).
SSLStartModeDetermines how the control starts the SSL negotiation.
StartByteThis property includes the byte index of the position where the transfer should start.
TimeoutA timeout for the control.
UIDModeIf True, this property indicates whether permanent message identifiers are used instead of the default temporary identifiers.
UIDValidityThis property includes the UIDValidity parameter sent from the server in response to SelectMailbox command.
UserThis property includes the username used to authenticate to the MailServer .

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AddMessageFlagsThis method adds the specified flags to the messages specified by MessageSet .
AppendToMailboxThis method appends the message in MessageText to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .
CheckMailboxThis method sends a CHECK command to the server.
CheckMessageEncryptedThis method checks whether or not the current message is encrypted.
CheckMessageSignedThis method checks whether or not the current message is signed.
CloseMailboxThis method removes all messages marked with a 'Deleted' flag from the currently selected mailbox and closes the unselected mailbox.
ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
ConnectThis method connects to an IMAP server.
CopyToMailboxThis method copies the messages specified by MessageSet to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .
CreateMailboxThis method creates a new mailbox specified by Mailbox .
DecryptThis method decrypts the current Message .
DecryptAndVerifySignatureThis method decrypts and verifies the signature of the current message.
DeleteFromMailboxThe method marks the messages specified by MessageSet as deleted.
DeleteMailboxThis method deletes a mailbox specified by Mailbox .
DeleteMailboxACLThis method deletes mailbox access control rights for a specific user.
DisconnectThis method disconnects from an IMAP server.
DoEventsProcesses events from the internal message queue.
ExamineMailboxThis method selects a mailbox in read-only mode.
ExpungeMailboxThis method removes all messages marked with a 'Deleted' flag from the currently selected mailbox.
FetchMessageHeadersThis method retrieves the message headers of the messages specified by the MessageSet property.
FetchMessageInfoThis method retrieves information about messages specified by the MessageSet property.
FetchMessagePartThis method retrieves the message part specified by PartID.
FetchMessagePartHeadersThis method retrieves the headers of message part specified by PartID.
FetchMessageTextThis method retrieves the message text of the messages specified by the MessageSet property.
GetMailboxACLThis method retrieves mailbox access control rights.
InterruptInterrupt the current method.
ListMailboxesThis method lists all of the mailboxes matching all criteria in the Mailbox property.
ListSubscribedMailboxesThis method lists all subscribed mailboxes matching all criteria in the Mailbox property.
LocalizeDateThis method converts a valid RFC 822 message date to a local date and time.
MoveToMailboxThis method moves the messages specified by MessageSet to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .
NoopThis method sends a NOOP command to the server.
RenameMailboxThis method changes the name of Mailbox to NewName .
ResetReset the control.
ResetMessageFlagsThis method replaces the flags of the messages specified by MessageSet with the flags specified by MessageFlags .
SearchMailboxThis method searches the selected mailbox for specified text.
SelectMailboxThis method selects a mailbox.
SendCommandSends the exact command directly to the server.
SetMailboxACLThis method sets mailbox access control rights for a specific user.
StartIdleThis method begins idling.
StopIdleThis method stops idling.
SubscribeMailboxThis method subscribes to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .
UnsetMessageFlagsThis method removes the flags specified by MessageFlags from the messages specified by MessageSet .
UnsubscribeMailboxThis method unsubscribes from the mailbox specified by Mailbox .
VerifySignatureThis method verifies the signature of the current message.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConnectionStatusThis event is fired to indicate changes in the connection state.
EndTransferThis event is fired when the message or the part data finishes transferring.
ErrorInformation about errors during data delivery.
HeaderThis event is fired every time a header line comes in.
IdleInfoThis event fires whenever responses from the server are received while idling.
MailboxACLThis event fires for each set of access control rights returned by the server.
MailboxListThis event fires for each mailbox received through the ListMailboxes and ListSubscribedMailboxes methods.
MessageInfoThis event is fired with information for the messages retrieved by the server.
MessagePartThis event is fired for each message part when FetchMessageInfo is called.
PITrailThis event traces the commands sent to the mail server, and the respective replies.
SSLServerAuthenticationFired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
SSLStatusShows the progress of the secure connection.
StartTransferThis event is fired when the message body or the part data start transferring.
TransferThis event is fired while the message is transferred from the MailServer .

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

RefetchHeadersWhether or not to refetch the message headers when querying MessageEncrypted or MessageSigned.
AlwaysReturnUIDsInstructs the server to return UIDs even if not in UIDMode.
AppendToMailboxDateTimeSpecifies the date-time parameter used in the initial APPEND request.
AuthorizationIdentityThe value to use as the authorization identity when SASL authentication is used.
AutoDecodeSubjectInstructs the control to automatically decode message subjects.
AutoDecodeTextWhether to decode MessageText when AutoDecodeParts is True.
FetchAfterSearchDetermines if messages matching the SearchCriteria are fetched after calling SearchMailbox.
FetchTextAndHeadersSpecifies whether the message body and headers are fetched in a single request.
IncludeHeadersInstructs the control to include the headers in the LocalFile.
MaskSensitiveWhether sensitive properties should be masked when logging.
SendIDCommandInstructs control to send the ID command if the server advertises support for it.
UTF7MailboxNamesSpecifies whether or not to automatically encode and decode UTF-7 mailbox names.
ConnectionTimeoutSets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetectTells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHostName or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPasswordPassword to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallTypeDetermines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUserA user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveIntervalThe retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
KeepAliveTimeThe inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
LingerWhen set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTimeTime in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHostThe name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe port in the local host where the control binds.
MaxLineLengthThe maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRateThe transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
ProxyExceptionsListA semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.
TCPKeepAliveDetermines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
TcpNoDelayWhether or not to delay when sending packets.
UseIPv6Whether to use IPv6.
LogSSLPacketsControls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.
OpenSSLCADirThe path to a directory containing CA certificates.
OpenSSLCAFileName of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.
OpenSSLCipherListA string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.
OpenSSLPrngSeedDataThe data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).
ReuseSSLSessionDetermines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.
SSLCheckCRLWhether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.
SSLCheckOCSPWhether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.
SSLCipherStrengthThe minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledCipherSuitesThe cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.
SSLEnabledProtocolsUsed to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLEnableRenegotiationWhether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.
SSLIncludeCertChainWhether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.
SSLKeyLogFileThe location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.
SSLNegotiatedCipherReturns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrengthReturns the negotiated cipher suite strength.
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuiteReturns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrengthReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.
SSLNegotiatedVersionReturns the negotiated protocol version.
SSLSecurityFlagsFlags that control certificate verification.
SSLServerCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithmsDefines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
TLS12SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for ECC.
TLS13KeyShareGroupsThe groups for which to pregenerate key shares.
TLS13SignatureAlgorithmsThe allowed certificate signature algorithms.
TLS13SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallDataUsed to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
CodePageThe system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
MaskSensitiveWhether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseInternalSecurityAPITells the control whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

AuthMechanism Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the mail server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.AuthMechanism[=integer]

Possible Values

amUserPassword(0), 
amCRAMMD5(1), 
amNTLM(2), 
amAPOP(3), 
amSASLPlain(4), 
amSASLDigestMD5(5), 
amKerberos(6), 
amXOAUTH2(7)

Default Value

0

Remarks

Auth Mechanism Description
0 (amUserPassword - Default) A user/password pair is sent in plaintext to login (default).
1 (amCRAMMD5) CRAM-MD5 authentication.
2 (amNTLM) NTLM authentication.
4 (amSASLPlain) SASLPlain. Note: Servers often require the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to be used when this authentication mechanism is requested. See AuthorizationIdentity.
5 (amSASLDigestMD5) SASLDigestMD5. See AuthorizationIdentity.
6 (amKerberos) Kerberos authentication. This option is available in Windows or other platforms when using the Java edition.
7 (mXOAUTH) XOAUTH2 authentication. See AuthorizationIdentity.

Data Type

Integer

AutoDecodeParts Property (SIMAP Control)

This property determines whether or not to automatically decode message parts.

Syntax

simapcontrol.AutoDecodeParts[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property determines whether or not to automatically decode message parts. Message parts, especially binary message parts, are normally sent by the server encoded (Base64 or other format). If this setting is True, the parts are automatically decoded while being received.

Data Type

Boolean

CertEncoded Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).

Syntax

simapcontrol.CertEncoded[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The CertStore and CertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When CertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current CertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, CertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, CertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .CertEncodedB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

CertStore Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CertStore[=string]

Default Value

"MY"

Remarks

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The CertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by CertStore. If the store is password protected, specify the password in CertStorePassword.

CertStore is used in conjunction with the CertSubject property to specify client certificates. If CertStore has a value, and CertSubject or CertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the CertSubject property for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .CertStoreB.

Data Type

Binary String

CertStorePassword Property (SIMAP Control)

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CertStorePassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Data Type

String

CertStoreType Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CertStoreType[=integer]

Possible Values

cstUser(0), 
cstMachine(1), 
cstPFXFile(2), 
cstPFXBlob(3), 
cstJKSFile(4), 
cstJKSBlob(5), 
cstPEMKeyFile(6), 
cstPEMKeyBlob(7), 
cstPublicKeyFile(8), 
cstPublicKeyBlob(9), 
cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), 
cstP7BFile(11), 
cstP7BBlob(12), 
cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), 
cstPPKFile(14), 
cstPPKBlob(15), 
cstXMLFile(16), 
cstXMLBlob(17), 
cstJWKFile(18), 
cstJWKBlob(19), 
cstSecurityKey(20), 
cstBCFKSFile(21), 
cstBCFKSBlob(22), 
cstPKCS11(23), 
cstAuto(99)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:

0 (cstUser - default)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

1 (cstMachine)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

2 (cstPFXFile)The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.

Note: This store type is only available in Java.

5 (cstJKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.

Note: this store type is only available in Java.

6 (cstPEMKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

22 (cstBCFKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

23 (cstPKCS11)The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.

To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use.

When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the CertStore and set CertStorePassword to the PIN.

Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);

99 (cstAuto)The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

Data Type

Integer

CertSubject Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CertSubject[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.

If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

Data Type

String

Command Property (SIMAP Control)

This property can be used to send additional commands directly to the server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Command[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

Setting this property directs the control to send the assigned command to the MailServer.

Check the LastReply property or trap the PITrail events coming from the server to get the responses.

This property is write-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

Connected Property (SIMAP Control)

This shows whether the control is connected.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Connected[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property is used to determine whether or not the control is connected to the remote host.

Note: It is recommended to use the Connect or Disconnect method instead of setting this property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

EndByte Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the byte index of the position where the transfer should end.

Syntax

simapcontrol.EndByte[=long64]

Default Value

0

Remarks

StartByte and EndByte are used together with the FetchMessagePart method to specify the portion of the message to be retrieved from the server.

When StartByte or EndByte contain values other than the default (0), only the corresponding portion of the message is retrieved from the server.

Byte indexes start from 1. The default value for EndByte is 0, which corresponds to the end of the message.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

FirewallAutoDetect Property (SIMAP Control)

This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FirewallAutoDetect[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

Data Type

Boolean

FirewallType Property (SIMAP Control)

This property determines the type of firewall to connect through.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FirewallType[=integer]

Possible Values

fwNone(0), 
fwTunnel(1), 
fwSOCKS4(2), 
fwSOCKS5(3), 
fwSOCKS4A(10)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. The applicable values are as follows:

fwNone (0)No firewall (default setting).
fwTunnel (1)Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80.
fwSOCKS4 (2)Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
fwSOCKS5 (3)Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
fwSOCKS4A (10)Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

Data Type

Integer

FirewallHost Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional).

Syntax

simapcontrol.FirewallHost[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). If a FirewallHost is given, the requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If this property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, the control fails with an error.

Data Type

String

FirewallPassword Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FirewallPassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.

Data Type

String

FirewallPort Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host .

Syntax

simapcontrol.FirewallPort[=integer]

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall FirewallHost. See the description of the FirewallHost property for details.

Note: This property is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value. See the description of the FirewallType property for details.

Data Type

Integer

FirewallUser Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FirewallUser[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. If the FirewallHost is specified, this property and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given Firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.

Data Type

String

Idle Property (SIMAP Control)

The current status of the control.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Idle

Default Value

True

Remarks

Idle will be False if the component is currently busy (communicating and/or waiting for an answer), and True at all other times.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Boolean

LastReply Property (SIMAP Control)

The last reply from the server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.LastReply

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property indicates the last reply received from the server. It can be used for informational purposes. The same information and more can also be retrieved through the PITrail event.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

String

LocalFile Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the path to a local file for downloading the message body.

Syntax

simapcontrol.LocalFile[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property is used when retrieving a message. If the file exists, and the Overwrite property is set to true, then the component will overwrite the file.

If this property is empty, then the received data is provided through the MessageText property and the parameters for the Transfer event.

Data Type

String

LocalHost Property (SIMAP Control)

The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.

Syntax

simapcontrol.LocalHost[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

The LocalHost property contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.

If the control is connected, the LocalHost property shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

NOTE: LocalHost is not persistent. You must always set it in code, and never in the property window.

Data Type

String

Mailbox Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the name of the mailbox selected on the server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Mailbox[=string]

Default Value

"Inbox"

Remarks

This method contains the name of the mailbox selected on the server and also is used as argument to most methods. Please refer to the control methods for more information.

Example 1. Open a Mailbox in Read/Write Mode:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX" IMAPControl.SelectMailbox

Example 2. Open a Mailbox in Read-Only Mode:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX.Folder" IMAPControl.ExamineMailbox

Data Type

String

MailboxFlags Property (SIMAP Control)

This property defines flags in the selected mailbox.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailboxFlags

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property defines flags in the selected mailbox. The control fills out MessageCount, RecentMessageCount, and MailboxFlags after connecting to the MailServer and selecting or examining a Mailbox.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MailboxListCount Property (SIMAP Control)

The number of records in the MailboxList arrays.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailboxListCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at MailboxListCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MailboxListFlags Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the mailbox flags in a mailbox listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailboxListFlags(MailboxListIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the mailbox flags in a mailbox listing.

Examples of possible flag values are server dependent, but they can include the following:

\Deleted Mark a message as deleted (for removal later by ExpungeMailbox).
\Seen Mark a message as read.
\Answered Mark a message as answered.
\Flagged Mark a message as flagged.
\Draft Mark a message as being incomplete (under composition).

The MailboxListIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MailboxListCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MailboxListName Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the mailbox name in a mailbox listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailboxListName(MailboxListIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the mailbox name in a mailbox listing.

The MailboxListIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MailboxListCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MailboxListSeparator Property (SIMAP Control)

The Separator property contains the character that separates the different parts in the mailbox path hierarchy.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailboxListSeparator(MailboxListIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The MailboxListSeparator property contains the character that separates the different parts in the mailbox path hierarchy.

The MailboxListIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MailboxListCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MailPort Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the port of the IMAP server (default is 143).

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailPort[=integer]

Default Value

143

Remarks

A valid port number (a value between 1 and 65535) is required for the connection to take place. The property must be set before a connection is attempted and cannot be changed once a connection is established. Any attempt to change this property while connected will fail with an error.

For the implicit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), use port 993 (please refer to the SSLStartMode property for more information).

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MailServer Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the name or address of the mail server (IMAP server).

Syntax

simapcontrol.MailServer[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the IP address (IP number in dotted internet format) or domain name of the mail server. It must be set before a connection is attempted and cannot be changed once a connection is in progress.

If this property is set to a domain name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the MailServer property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

If the control is configured to use a SOCKS firewall, the value assigned to this property may be preceded with an "*". If this is the case, the host name is passed to the firewall unresolved and the firewall performs the DNS resolution.

Data Type

String

Message Property (SIMAP Control)

This property provides the raw message content.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Message[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property is populated after calling FetchMessagePart and holds the raw message content. This can be used to access the data before any processing is done by the control.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .MessageB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

MessageContentEncoding Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the ContentEncoding of the selected message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageContentEncoding

Default Value

""

Remarks

The property is automatically set by the control when message information is retrieved through the FetchMessageInfo method.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageContentType Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the ContentType of the message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageContentType

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property denotes the type of content contained in the message, such as plain, multipart, or multipart/alternative. You also may need to check the MessageContentEncoding property or read the individual message parts.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageCount Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the total number of messages on the Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the total number of messages on the Mailbox. The control fills out MessageCount, RecentMessageCount, and MailboxFlags after connecting to the MailServer and selecting or examining a Mailbox.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Integer

MessageDate Property (SIMAP Control)

The property includes the time the message was created.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageDate

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the date and time when the message was created. This value is taken from the ENVELOPE structure of the message corresponding to the date.

RFC 822 contains detailed date format specifications. An example of a valid date is "Fri, 1 Mar 96 21:24:52 EST".

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageDeliveryTime Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the time the message was delivered to the mail server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageDeliveryTime

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the time the message was delivered to the mail server. This value is taken from the INTERNALDATE property of the message. The time format is defined in RFC 821.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageEncrypted Property (SIMAP Control)

This property specifies whether or not the current message is encrypted.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageEncrypted

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property indicates whether or not the current message is encrypted. This property will return True if the current message appears to be encrypted, according to the value of MessageHeaders.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Boolean

MessageFlags Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the flags of the current message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageFlags[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the flags of the current message. It also is used to specify flags when AppendToMailbox is called.

Examples of possible flag values are server dependent, but they can include the following:

\Deleted Mark a message as deleted (for removal later by ExpungeMailbox).
\Seen Mark a message as read.
\Answered Mark a message as answered.
\Flagged Mark a message as flagged.
\Draft Mark a message as being incomplete (under composition).
Example. Setting MessageFlags:

IMAPControl.MessageSet = "1" IMAPControl.AddMessageFlags("\Deleted")

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageFrom Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the address of the author of the message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageFrom

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property normally has the same value as MessageSender.

In some cases, a message may have more than one From address. If this is the case, the addresses are provided in the MessageFrom property and are separated by commas.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageHeaderCount Property (SIMAP Control)

The number of records in the MessageHeader arrays.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageHeaderCount[=integer]

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at MessageHeaderCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MessageHeaderField Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the name of the HTTP header (this is the same case as it is delivered).

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageHeaderField(MessageHeaderIndex)[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the name of the HTTP Header (this is the same case as it is delivered).

The MessageHeaderIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageHeaderCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageHeaderValue Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the header contents.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageHeaderValue(MessageHeaderIndex)[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the Header contents.

The MessageHeaderIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageHeaderCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageHeadersString Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the string version of the RFC 822-encoded headers in the message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageHeadersString[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the full headers of the message in RFC 822 format. The headers are retrieved by calling the FetchMessageHeaders or the FetchMessagePartHeaders method.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageId Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the message identifier of the current message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageId

Default Value

""

Remarks

The control fills out this property when message information is retrieved from the MailServer.

This Id is permanent if UIDMode is set, and otherwise is temporary.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageInfoCount Property (SIMAP Control)

The number of records in the MessageInfo arrays.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at MessageInfoCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MessageInfoDate Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the date of a message in a message information listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoDate(MessageInfoIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the date of a message in a message information listing. This date is taken from the ENVELOPE structure of the message.

The MessageInfoIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageInfoCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageInfoFlags Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains a message flag in a message information listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoFlags(MessageInfoIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a message flag in a message information listing.

Examples of possible flag values are server dependent, but they can include the following:

\Deleted Mark a message as deleted (for removal later by ExpungeMailbox).
\Seen Mark a message as read.
\Answered Mark a message as answered.
\Flagged Mark a message as flagged.
\Draft Mark a message as being incomplete (under composition).

The MessageInfoIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageInfoCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageInfoFrom Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the sender of a message in a message information listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoFrom(MessageInfoIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the sender of a message in a message information listing.

The MessageInfoIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageInfoCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageInfoMessageId Property (SIMAP Control)

The unique identifier of a message in a message information listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoMessageId(MessageInfoIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The unique identifier of a message in a message information listing.

The MessageInfoIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageInfoCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageInfoSize Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the size of a message in a message information listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoSize(MessageInfoIndex)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the size of a message in a message information listing.

The MessageInfoIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageInfoCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

MessageInfoSubject Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the subject of a message in a message information listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInfoSubject(MessageInfoIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the subject of a message in a message information listing.

The MessageInfoIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageInfoCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageInReplyTo Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the unique message identifier of the message being replied to.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageInReplyTo

Default Value

""

Remarks

The control fills out this property with the value of the In-Reply-To: message header.

This value can be useful when threading messages by referring to the message being replied to.

The unique message identifier of the message itself is given by the MessageNetId property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageNetId Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the globally unique identifier of the message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageNetId

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the globally unique identifier of the message. The control fills the MessageNetId with the value of the Message-Id: header. This is a globally unique value normally created by the first mail server the message is sent to.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartCount Property (SIMAP Control)

The number of records in the MessagePart arrays.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at MessagePartCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MessagePartContentDisposition Property (SIMAP Control)

This property shows the value of the Content-Disposition header of the message part.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartContentDisposition(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property shows the value of the Content-Disposition header of the message part.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartContentEncoding Property (SIMAP Control)

This property shows how the data are encoded.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartContentEncoding(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property shows how the data are encoded.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartContentId Property (SIMAP Control)

This property shows the value of the Content-Id header of the message part.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartContentId(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property shows the value of the Content-Id header of the message part.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartContentType Property (SIMAP Control)

This property shows the type of data contained in the message part.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartContentType(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property shows the type of data contained in the message part.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartFilename Property (SIMAP Control)

This property shows the filename corresponding to the part (if the part was included in the message as an attached file).

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartFilename(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property shows the filename corresponding to the part (if the part was included in the message as an attached file).

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartId Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the identifier of a part listing that may be identified in other parts or messages.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartId(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the identifier of a part listing that may be identified in other parts or messages. The format of part identifiers is specified by the IMAP RFCs.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartMultipartMode Property (SIMAP Control)

This property shows how this part relates to the message's whole multipart structure (e.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartMultipartMode(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property shows how this part relates to the message's whole multipart structure (e.g., 'mixed' or 'alternative').

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartParameters Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the additional parameters passed to the ContentType header, such as the part charset.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartParameters(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the additional parameters passed to the ContentType header, such as the part charset.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessagePartSize Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the size of a part in a message part listing.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessagePartSize(MessagePartIndex)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the size of a part in a message part listing.

The MessagePartIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessagePartCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

MessageRecipientCount Property (SIMAP Control)

The number of records in the MessageRecipient arrays.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageRecipientCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at MessageRecipientCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MessageRecipientAddress Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the email address of the recipient.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageRecipientAddress(RecipientIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the email address of the recipient.

The RecipientIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageRecipientCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageRecipientName Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the name of the recipient.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageRecipientName(RecipientIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the name of the recipient.

The RecipientIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageRecipientCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageRecipientOptions Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the recipient sending options (used only by SMTP).

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageRecipientOptions(RecipientIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the recipient sending options (used only by SMTP). This must be a string of RFC-compliant recipient options (used by SMTP).

One type of option is a delivery status notification sent per recipient, which is specified by RFC 1891.

component.MessageRecipientOptions(0) = "NOTIFY SUCCESS,FAILURE,DELAY";

The RecipientIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageRecipientCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageRecipientType Property (SIMAP Control)

This property contains the recipient type: To, Cc, or Bcc.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageRecipientType(RecipientIndex)

Possible Values

rtTo(0), 
rtCc(1), 
rtBCc(2)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the recipient type: To, Cc, or Bcc.

The RecipientIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the MessageRecipientCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

MessageReplyTo Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the email addresses to which replies to the message should be sent.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageReplyTo

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the email addresses to which replies to the message should be sent. In some cases, a message may have more than one Reply-To address. If this is the case, the addresses are provided in this property and are separated by commas.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageSender Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the address of the sender of the message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageSender

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the address of the sender of the message. This normally is the same value as MessageFrom.

In some cases, a message may have more than one sender. If this is the case, the addresses are provided in the MessageSender property and are separated by commas.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageSet Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the set of messages to operate on.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageSet[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property indicates the set of messages to operate on. This is used as an argument to most method calls.

It may consist of a single message number, a range of messages specified by two message numbers separated by ':' (e.g. "1:5"), and/or individual message numbers separated by ',' (e.g. "1:5,7,10").

Example 1. Setting MessageSet:

IMAPControl.MessageSet = "1" IMAPControl.FetchMessageInfo() IMAPControl.MessageSet = "1:5" IMAPControl.FetchMessageInfo() IMAPControl.MessageSet = "1,5,7" IMAPControl.FetchMessageInfo()

Data Type

String

MessageSigned Property (SIMAP Control)

This property specifies whether or not the current message is signed.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageSigned

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property indicates whether or not the current message is signed. This property will return True if the current message appears to be signed, according to the value of MessageHeaders.

Note: A message that is both signed and encrypted will not appear to be signed until after it is decrypted.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Boolean

MessageSize Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the size of the selected message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageSize

Default Value

0

Remarks

The control fills out this property with the size of the selected message when message information is retrieved from the MailServer.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

MessageSubject Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the subject of the message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageSubject

Default Value

""

Remarks

The control fills out this property with the subject of the message when message information is retrieved from the MailServer.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

MessageText Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the body of the retrieved message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.MessageText[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

The control fills out this property with the contents of the message body (in RFC 822 format) when a call to FetchMessageText completes successfully and the LocalFile property is not set.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

Overwrite Property (SIMAP Control)

This property indicates whether or not the control should overwrite files during transfer.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Overwrite[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property is a value indicating whether or not the control should overwrite files when downloading the message text or a message part and LocalFile is set. If Overwrite is False, an error will be thrown whenever LocalFile exists.

Data Type

Boolean

Password Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the password to be used to authenticate to the MailServer .

Syntax

simapcontrol.Password[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the password used to authenticate to the MailServer. Both the User and Password properties must be set before connecting to the MailServer.

Data Type

String

PeekMode Property (SIMAP Control)

When set to True, the message Seen flag is not changed during reading.

Syntax

simapcontrol.PeekMode[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property contains a True or False to determine whether or not this message should be seen. When this property is set to True, a PEEK option is added to all IMAP FETCH commands sent to the server. In this case, an RFC-compliant IMAP server should not set the Seen flag on the message.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

RecentMessageCount Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the number of new messages in the Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.RecentMessageCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the number of new messages that are in the Mailbox. The control fills out MessageCount, RecentMessageCount, and MailboxFlags after connecting to the MailServer and selecting or examining a Mailbox.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Integer

SignerCertEncoded Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertEncoded[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SignerCertStore and SignerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SignerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SignerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SignerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SignerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SignerCertEncodedB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SignerCertIssuer Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the issuer of the certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertIssuer

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the issuer of the certificate. This property contains a string representation of the name of the issuing authority for the certificate.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

String

SignerCertSerialNumber Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the serial number of the certificate encoded as a string.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertSerialNumber

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. The number is encoded as a series of hexadecimal digits, with each pair representing a byte of the serial number.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

String

SignerCertStore Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertStore[=string]

Default Value

"MY"

Remarks

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The SignerCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SignerCertStore. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SignerCertStorePassword.

SignerCertStore is used in conjunction with the SignerCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SignerCertStore has a value, and SignerCertSubject or SignerCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SignerCertSubject property for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SignerCertStoreB.

Data Type

Binary String

SignerCertStorePassword Property (SIMAP Control)

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertStorePassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Data Type

String

SignerCertStoreType Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertStoreType[=integer]

Possible Values

cstUser(0), 
cstMachine(1), 
cstPFXFile(2), 
cstPFXBlob(3), 
cstJKSFile(4), 
cstJKSBlob(5), 
cstPEMKeyFile(6), 
cstPEMKeyBlob(7), 
cstPublicKeyFile(8), 
cstPublicKeyBlob(9), 
cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), 
cstP7BFile(11), 
cstP7BBlob(12), 
cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), 
cstPPKFile(14), 
cstPPKBlob(15), 
cstXMLFile(16), 
cstXMLBlob(17), 
cstJWKFile(18), 
cstJWKBlob(19), 
cstSecurityKey(20), 
cstBCFKSFile(21), 
cstBCFKSBlob(22), 
cstPKCS11(23), 
cstAuto(99)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:

0 (cstUser - default)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

1 (cstMachine)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

2 (cstPFXFile)The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.

Note: This store type is only available in Java.

5 (cstJKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.

Note: this store type is only available in Java.

6 (cstPEMKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

22 (cstBCFKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

23 (cstPKCS11)The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.

To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use.

When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SignerCertStore and set SignerCertStorePassword to the PIN.

Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);

99 (cstAuto)The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

Data Type

Integer

SignerCertSubject Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertSubject[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.

If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

Data Type

String

SignerCertChainCount Property (SIMAP Control)

The number of records in the SignerCertChain arrays.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertChainCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at SignerCertChainCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

SignerCertChainEncoded Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).

Syntax

simapcontrol.SignerCertChainEncoded(SignerCertChainIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SignerCertChainStore and SignerCertChainSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SignerCertChainEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SignerCertChainStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SignerCertChainSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SignerCertChainSubject is set to an empty string.

The SignerCertChainIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SignerCertChainCount property.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SignerCertChainEncodedB.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SigningAlgorithm Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes a textual description of the signature hash algorithm.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SigningAlgorithm[=string]

Default Value

"SHA256"

Remarks

This property specifies the hash algorithm used to prepare the message digest for signature.

This property must contain either the name of the algorithm (such as MD5 or SHA1), or an object Id (OID) string representing the hash algorithm. Possible values are as follows:

  • sha1
  • md5
  • sha-256 (default)
  • sha-384
  • sha-512
  • sha-224

When read, the value of the property always contains the OID of the algorithm, or an empty string if the algorithm is unknown.

Data Type

String

SortCriteria Property (SIMAP Control)

This property sorts criteria to use for message retrieval operations.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SortCriteria[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property sorts criteria to use for message retrieval operations. When set, the control will send the SORT command to the server before any retrieval. If the server supports the SORT command, the results from the fetch operation will be sorted according to SortCriteria. The format of the SortCriteria property consists of a parenthesized list of one or more sort keys.

Example. Setting SortCriteria:

IMAPControl.SortCriteria = "DATE" IMAPControl.SortCriteria = "SUBJECT FROM" IMAPControl.SortCriteria = "REVERSE SUBJECT"

Possible sort keys include the following:

ARRIVALInternal date and time of the message.
DATEThe value of the message's DATE header, adjusted by time zone.
CC The value of the message's CC header.
FROM The value of the message's FROM header.
SUBJECT The value of the message's SUBJECT header.
TO The value of the message's TO header.
SIZEThe size of the message
REVERSE <criterion>Followed by another sort criterion, this sort key has the effect of that criterion but in reverse (descending) order.

Note: IMAP SORT functionality is relatively new and not all servers may implement it.

Data Type

String

SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLAcceptServerCertStore and SSLAcceptServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLAcceptServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLCertEncoded Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLCertEncoded[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLCertStore and SSLCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLCertEncodedB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLCertStore Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLCertStore[=string]

Default Value

"MY"

Remarks

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The SSLCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSLCertStore. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SSLCertStorePassword.

SSLCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSLCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSLCertStore has a value, and SSLCertSubject or SSLCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSLCertSubject property for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLCertStoreB.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLCertStorePassword Property (SIMAP Control)

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLCertStorePassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Data Type

String

SSLCertStoreType Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLCertStoreType[=integer]

Possible Values

cstUser(0), 
cstMachine(1), 
cstPFXFile(2), 
cstPFXBlob(3), 
cstJKSFile(4), 
cstJKSBlob(5), 
cstPEMKeyFile(6), 
cstPEMKeyBlob(7), 
cstPublicKeyFile(8), 
cstPublicKeyBlob(9), 
cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), 
cstP7BFile(11), 
cstP7BBlob(12), 
cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), 
cstPPKFile(14), 
cstPPKBlob(15), 
cstXMLFile(16), 
cstXMLBlob(17), 
cstJWKFile(18), 
cstJWKBlob(19), 
cstSecurityKey(20), 
cstBCFKSFile(21), 
cstBCFKSBlob(22), 
cstPKCS11(23), 
cstAuto(99)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:

0 (cstUser - default)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

1 (cstMachine)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

2 (cstPFXFile)The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.

Note: This store type is only available in Java.

5 (cstJKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.

Note: this store type is only available in Java.

6 (cstPEMKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

22 (cstBCFKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

23 (cstPKCS11)The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.

To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use.

When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSLCertStore and set SSLCertStorePassword to the PIN.

Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);

99 (cstAuto)The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

Data Type

Integer

SSLCertSubject Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLCertSubject[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.

If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

Data Type

String

SSLEnabled Property (SIMAP Control)

Whether TLS/SSL is enabled.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLEnabled[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This setting specifies whether TLS/SSL is enabled in the control. When False (default) the control operates in plaintext mode. When True TLS/SSL is enabled.

TLS/SSL may also be enabled by setting SSLStartMode. Setting SSLStartMode will automatically update this property value.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

SSLProvider Property (SIMAP Control)

This specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLProvider[=integer]

Possible Values

sslpAutomatic(0), 
sslpPlatform(1), 
sslpInternal(2)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use. In most cases the default value of 0 (Automatic) is recommended and should not be changed. When set to 0 (Automatic) the control will select whether to use the platform implementation or the internal implementation depending on the operating system as well as the TLS version being used.

Possible values are:

0 (sslpAutomatic - default)Automatically selects the appropriate implementation.
1 (sslpPlatform) Uses the platform/system implementation.
2 (sslpInternal) Uses the internal implementation.
Additional Notes

In most cases using the default value (Automatic) is recommended. The control will select a provider depending on the current platform.

When Automatic is selected the platform implementation is used by default. When TLS 1.3 is enabled via SSLEnabledProtocols the internal implementation is used.

Data Type

Integer

SSLServerCertEncoded Property (SIMAP Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/base64 encoded).

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLServerCertEncoded

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLServerCertStore and SSLServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLServerCertEncodedB.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLStartMode Property (SIMAP Control)

Determines how the control starts the SSL negotiation.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SSLStartMode[=integer]

Possible Values

sslAutomatic(0), 
sslImplicit(1), 
sslExplicit(2), 
sslNone(3)

Default Value

3

Remarks

The SSLStartMode property may have one of the following values:

0 (sslAutomatic)If the remote port is set to the standard plaintext port of the protocol (where applicable), the control will behave the same as if SSLStartMode is set to sslExplicit. In all other cases, SSL negotiation will be implicit (sslImplicit).
1 (sslImplicit)The SSL negotiation will start immediately after the connection is established.
2 (sslExplicit)The control will first connect in plaintext, and then explicitly start SSL negotiation through a protocol command such as STARTTLS.
3 (sslNone - default)No SSL negotiation, no SSL security. All communication will be in plaintext mode.

Data Type

Integer

StartByte Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the byte index of the position where the transfer should start.

Syntax

simapcontrol.StartByte[=long64]

Default Value

0

Remarks

StartByte and EndByte are used together with the FetchMessagePart method to specify the portion of the message to be retrieved from the server.

When StartByte or EndByte contain values other than the default (0), only the corresponding portion of the message is retrieved from the server.

Byte indexes start from 1. The default value for EndByte is 0, which corresponds to the end of the message.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

Timeout Property (SIMAP Control)

A timeout for the control.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Timeout[=integer]

Default Value

60

Remarks

If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations will run uninterrupted until successful completion or an error condition is encountered.

If Timeout is set to a positive value, the control will wait for the operation to complete before returning control.

The control will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not "freeze" and remains responsive.

If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the control fails with an error.

Please note that by default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, i.e. the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.

The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.

Data Type

Integer

UIDMode Property (SIMAP Control)

If True, this property indicates whether permanent message identifiers are used instead of the default temporary identifiers.

Syntax

simapcontrol.UIDMode[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property indicates if a permanent identifier should be used. Normally, the IMAP server uses temporary message identifiers that are valid only during the current session. If UIDMode is True, permanent message identifiers are used instead.

The following IMAP protocol operations use the UID mode: COPY, FETCH, STORE, and SEARCH.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

UIDValidity Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the UIDValidity parameter sent from the server in response to SelectMailbox command.

Syntax

simapcontrol.UIDValidity

Default Value

""

Remarks

Every time a mailbox is selected, a UIDValidity is returned from the server. Most of the time, this value will not change from call to call. If it does change, this means that all previously returned UIDs for messages inside this mailbox are now invalid.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

User Property (SIMAP Control)

This property includes the username used to authenticate to the MailServer .

Syntax

simapcontrol.User[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the username used to authenticate to the MailServer. Both the User and Password properties must be set before connecting to the MailServer.

Data Type

String

AddMessageFlags Method (SIMAP Control)

This method adds the specified flags to the messages specified by MessageSet .

Syntax

simapcontrol.AddMessageFlags Flags

Remarks

This method adds the specified flags to the messages specified by the MessageSet property. The format of the flags is specified by the IMAP RFCs.

Examples of possible flag values are server dependent, but they can include the following:

\Deleted Mark a message as deleted (for removal later by ExpungeMailbox).
\Seen Mark a message as read.
\Answered Mark a message as answered.
\Flagged Mark a message as flagged.
\Draft Mark a message as being incomplete (under composition).
Example. Setting Adding Message Flags:

IMAPControl.MessageSet = "1" IMAPControl.AddMessageFlags("\Deleted")

AppendToMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method appends the message in MessageText to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.AppendToMailbox 

Remarks

This method appends the RFC 822-encoded message in MessageText to the mailbox specified by Mailbox. If the MessageFlags property is not an empty string, its contents are supplied with the APPEND command sent to the server.

Example. Append Message to Mailbox:

IMAPControl.MessageText = MessageHeaders + CRLF + CRLF + MessageBody + CRLF IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX" IMAPControl.MessageFlags = "\Deleted" IMAPControl.AppendToMailbox()

CheckMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method sends a CHECK command to the server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CheckMailbox 

Remarks

This method sends a CHECK command to the server, asking it to perform any necessary housekeeping operations on and to update the state of the currently selected mailbox.

CheckMessageEncrypted Method (SIMAP Control)

This method checks whether or not the current message is encrypted.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CheckMessageEncrypted 

Remarks

This method is used to check whether or not the current message is encrypted. This method will return True, if the current message appears to be encrypted, according to the value of OutputMessageHeaders.

CheckMessageSigned Method (SIMAP Control)

This method checks whether or not the current message is signed.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CheckMessageSigned 

Remarks

This method is used to check whether or not the current message is signed. This method will return True, if the current message appears to be signed, according to the value of OutputMessageHeaders.

Note: A message that is both signed and encrypted will not appear to be signed until after it is decrypted.

CloseMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method removes all messages marked with a 'Deleted' flag from the currently selected mailbox and closes the unselected mailbox.

Syntax

simapcontrol.CloseMailbox 

Remarks

This method permanently removes all messages that have a 'Deleted' flag that have been set from the current (selected) mailbox. It then closes (deselected) the mailbox.

Config Method (SIMAP Control)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Config ConfigurationString

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every control. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the control.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

Connect Method (SIMAP Control)

This method connects to an IMAP server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Connect 

Remarks

This method connects to the IMAP server specified by MailServer and authenticates it using the username and password supplied in the User and Password properties.

Example. Connect IMAP Server:

IMAPControl.MailServer = "myserver" IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX" IMAPControl.User = "myusername" IMAPControl.Password = "mypassword" IMAPControl.Connect() IMAPControl.MailServer = "myserver" IMAPControl.Mailbox = "DOMAIN/USERNT/INBOX" IMAPControl.User = "myusername" IMAPControl.Password = "mypassword" IMAPControl.Connect()

CopyToMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method copies the messages specified by MessageSet to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.CopyToMailbox 

Remarks

This method copies the messages specified by the MessageSet property to the mailbox specified by the Mailbox property.

CreateMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method creates a new mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.CreateMailbox 

Remarks

This method creates a new mailbox. The mailbox name is specified by the Mailbox property.

Decrypt Method (SIMAP Control)

This method decrypts the current Message .

Syntax

simapcontrol.Decrypt 

Remarks

This method attempts to decrypt the encrypted message using the certificate in Certificate.

DecryptAndVerifySignature Method (SIMAP Control)

This method decrypts and verifies the signature of the current message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.DecryptAndVerifySignature 

Remarks

This method attempts to both decrypt and verify the signature of the message. All of the properties affected by calling the Decrypt and VerifySignature methods are affected in the same manner.

Note: This function does not attempt to check the validity of the signing certificate.

DeleteFromMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

The method marks the messages specified by MessageSet as deleted.

Syntax

simapcontrol.DeleteFromMailbox 

Remarks

This method marks the messages specified by MessageSet as deleted. Calling this method is equivalent to calling AddMessageFlags with "\Deleted" as the Flags parameter.

DeleteMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method deletes a mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.DeleteMailbox 

Remarks

This method deletes a mailbox. The mailbox name is specified by the Mailbox property.

DeleteMailboxACL Method (SIMAP Control)

This method deletes mailbox access control rights for a specific user.

Syntax

simapcontrol.DeleteMailboxACL User

Remarks

This message asks the server to remove all rights associated with User from the mailbox specified in the Mailbox property. Refer to SetMailboxACL and GetMailboxACL for more information on mailbox access rights.

Disconnect Method (SIMAP Control)

This method disconnects from an IMAP server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Disconnect 

Remarks

This method logs out and disconnects from the IMAP server.

DoEvents Method (SIMAP Control)

Processes events from the internal message queue.

Syntax

simapcontrol.DoEvents 

Remarks

When DoEvents is called, the control processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.

ExamineMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method selects a mailbox in read-only mode.

Syntax

simapcontrol.ExamineMailbox 

Remarks

This method asks the server to select the mailbox specified in the Mailbox property in read-only mode.

Example 1. Open a Mailbox in Read/Write Mode:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX" IMAPControl.SelectMailbox

Example 2. Open a Mailbox in Read-Only Mode:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX.Folder" IMAPControl.ExamineMailbox

ExpungeMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method removes all messages marked with a 'Deleted' flag from the currently selected mailbox.

Syntax

simapcontrol.ExpungeMailbox 

Remarks

This method permanently removes all messages that have a 'Deleted' flag from the current (selected) mailbox. Example. Set "Deleted" Flag and Expunge:

IMAPControl.MessageSet = "1" IMAPControl.AddMessageFlags("\Deleted") IMAPControl.ExpungeMailbox()

FetchMessageHeaders Method (SIMAP Control)

This method retrieves the message headers of the messages specified by the MessageSet property.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FetchMessageHeaders 

Remarks

This method retrieves RFC 822 headers of the messages specified by MessageSet and stores them in the MessageHeaders property.

FetchMessageInfo Method (SIMAP Control)

This method retrieves information about messages specified by the MessageSet property.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FetchMessageInfo 

Remarks

This method retrieves information for the messages specified by the MessageSet property. This includes information about the message envelope as well as message structure. Every time a message envelope is retrieved, a MessageInfo event is fired, and message envelope information is stored in properties, such as the following: MessageSubject, MessageFrom, and MessageRecipients. If the message is a multipart message, one or more MessagePart events will be fired before the MessageInfo event (one for each message part).

FetchMessagePart Method (SIMAP Control)

This method retrieves the message part specified by PartID.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FetchMessagePart PartId

Remarks

This method retrieves the contents of the message part specified by the PartId property of the messages specified by the MessageSet property. If the LocalFile property contains a file name, the message part is stored in LocalFile. If the LocalFile property is set to an empty string, then the message part is stored in the MessageText property. Additionally, the Transfer will also provide the message part and denote the progress of the fetch.

The part identifiers for each message part (if any) are provided through the corresponding MessagePart events. This method retrieves the RFC 822-encoded text of the messages specified by MessageSet.

FetchMessagePartHeaders Method (SIMAP Control)

This method retrieves the headers of message part specified by PartID.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FetchMessagePartHeaders PartId

Remarks

This method retrieves RFC 822 headers of the message part specified by PartID and stores them in the MessageHeaders property.

FetchMessageText Method (SIMAP Control)

This method retrieves the message text of the messages specified by the MessageSet property.

Syntax

simapcontrol.FetchMessageText 

Remarks

This method retrieves the RFC 822-encoded text of the messages specified by MessageSet. If the LocalFile property contains a file name, the text is stored in LocalFile. If the LocalFile property is set to an empty string, then the text is stored in the MessageText property. Additionally, the Transfer event will also provide the text and denote the progress of the fetch.

GetMailboxACL Method (SIMAP Control)

This method retrieves mailbox access control rights.

Syntax

simapcontrol.GetMailboxACL 

Remarks

This method retrieves the mailbox access control rights, which are provided through one or more MailboxACL events. Standard rights include the following:

lLookup (Visible to be listed)
rRead (Can be selected, fetched, searched, and copied)
sKeep (Seen/unseen information across sessions)
wWrite (Stores flags other than SEEN and DELETED)
iInsert (Can be appended and copied into)
pPost (Can send mail to submission address for mailbox)
cCreate (Can create new sub-mailboxes)
dDelete (Stores DELETED flag and performs EXPUNGE)
aAdminister (Set access permissions)

Interrupt Method (SIMAP Control)

Interrupt the current method.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Interrupt 

Remarks

If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.

ListMailboxes Method (SIMAP Control)

This method lists all of the mailboxes matching all criteria in the Mailbox property.

Syntax

simapcontrol.ListMailboxes 

Remarks

This method lists all of the mailboxes matching the criteria in the Mailbox property. Matching mailboxes are returned through the MailboxList event.

Example 1. List All Mailboxes:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "*" IMAPControl.ListMailboxes()

Example 2. List All Mailboxes Inside INBOX:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX.*" IMAPControl.ListMailboxes()

ListSubscribedMailboxes Method (SIMAP Control)

This method lists all subscribed mailboxes matching all criteria in the Mailbox property.

Syntax

simapcontrol.ListSubscribedMailboxes 

Remarks

This method lists all subscribed mailboxes matching the criteria in the Mailbox property. Matching mailboxes are returned through MailboxList event.

Example 1. List All Subscribed Mailboxes:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "*" IMAPControl.ListSubscribedMailboxes()

Example 2. List All Subscribed Mailboxes Inside INBOX:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX.*" IMAPControl.ListSubscribedMailboxes()

LocalizeDate Method (SIMAP Control)

This method converts a valid RFC 822 message date to a local date and time.

Syntax

simapcontrol.LocalizeDate DateTime

Remarks

This method can be used to convert an RFC 822 date and time string to the corresponding local date and time.

Note: Dates will be returned in the format: "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss".

MoveToMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method moves the messages specified by MessageSet to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.MoveToMailbox 

Remarks

This method moves the messages specified by the MessageSet property to the mailbox specified by the Mailbox property.

Noop Method (SIMAP Control)

This method sends a NOOP command to the server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Noop 

Remarks

This method sends an IMAP NOOP command to the server. This is useful when the connection needs to be kept alive for long periods of time. (Normally, servers break the connection automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity.)

RenameMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method changes the name of Mailbox to NewName .

Syntax

simapcontrol.RenameMailbox NewName

Remarks

This method allows a mailbox to be renamed. The mailbox is specified by the Mailbox property, and the new name is specified by the NewName parameter.

Reset Method (SIMAP Control)

Reset the control.

Syntax

simapcontrol.Reset 

Remarks

This method will reset the control's properties to their default values.

ResetMessageFlags Method (SIMAP Control)

This method replaces the flags of the messages specified by MessageSet with the flags specified by MessageFlags .

Syntax

simapcontrol.ResetMessageFlags 

Remarks

This method replaces the flags of the messages specified by the MessageSet property with the flags specified by the MessageFlags property. The format of the flags is specified by the IMAP RFCs.

Examples of possible flag values are server dependent, but they can include the following:

\Deleted Mark a message as deleted (for removal later by ExpungeMailbox).
\Seen Mark a message as read.
\Answered Mark a message as answered.
\Flagged Mark a message as flagged.
\Draft Mark a message as being incomplete (under composition).

SearchMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method searches the selected mailbox for specified text.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SearchMailbox SearchCriteria

Remarks

This method searches the selected mailbox using the criteria specified in the SearchCriteria parameter. For every message matching the criteria, the FetchMessageInfo method is called and a MessageInfo event is fired.

The exact format of the search criteria is specified by the IMAP RFCs. The string consists of one or more search keys and their corresponding values (if any) separated by spaces, for example: "SINCE 1-Feb-1994 NOT FROM Smith".

Possible search keys include the following:

<message set>Messages with message sequence numbers corresponding to the specified message sequence number set.
ALLAll messages in the mailbox; this is the default initial key for AND-ing.
ANSWEREDMessages with the \Answered flag set.
BCC <string>Messages that contain the specified string in the envelope structure's BCC field.
BEFORE <date>Messages whose internal date is earlier than the specified date.
BODY <string> Messages that contain the specified string in the body of the message.
CC <string> Messages that contain the specified string in the envelope structure's CC field.
DELETED Messages with the \Deleted flag set.
DRAFT Messages with the \Draft flag set.
FLAGGED Messages with the \Flagged flag set.
FROM <string> Messages that contain the specified string in the envelope structure's FROM field.
HEADER <field-name> <string> Messages that have a header with the specified field-name (as defined in [RFC-822]) and that contains the specified string in the [RFC-822] field-body.
KEYWORD <flag> Messages with the specified keyword set.
LARGER <n> Messages with an RFC822.SIZE larger than the specified number of octets.
NEW Messages that have the \Recent flag set but not the \Seen flag. This is functionally equivalent to "(RECENT UNSEEN)".
NOT <search-key> Messages that do not match the specified search key.
OLD Messages that do not have the \Recent flag set. This is functionally equivalent to "NOT RECENT" (as opposed to "NOT NEW").
ON <date> Messages whose internal date is within the specified date.
OR <search-key1> <search-key2> Messages that match either search key.
RECENT Messages that have the \Recent flag set.
SEEN Messages that have the \Seen flag set.
SENTBEFORE <date> Messages whose [RFC-822] Date: header is earlier than the specified date.
SENTON <date> Messages whose [RFC-822] Date: header is within the specified date.
SENTSINCE <date> Messages whose [RFC-822] Date: header is within or later than the specified date.
SINCE <date> Messages whose internal date is within or later than the specified date.
SMALLER <n> Messages with an RFC822.SIZE smaller than the specified number of octets.
SUBJECT <string> Messages that contain the specified string in the envelope structure's SUBJECT field.
TEXT <string> Messages that contain the specified string in the header or body of the message.
TO <string> Messages that contain the specified string in the envelope structure's TO field.
UID <message set> Messages with unique identifiers corresponding to the specified unique identifier set.
UNANSWERED Messages that do not have the \Answered flag set.
UNDELETED Messages that do not have the \Deleted flag set.
UNDRAFT Messages that do not have the \Draft flag set.
UNFLAGGED Messages that do not have the \Flagged flag set.
UNKEYWORD <flag> Messages that do not have the specified keyword set.
UNSEEN Messages that do not have the \Seen flag set.

SelectMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method selects a mailbox.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SelectMailbox 

Remarks

This method asks the server to select the mailbox specified in the Mailbox property. The mailbox is selected in read/write mode (if the server permits).

Example 1. Open a Mailbox in Read/Write Mode:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX" IMAPControl.SelectMailbox

Example 2. Open a Mailbox in Read-Only Mode:

IMAPControl.Mailbox = "INBOX.Folder" IMAPControl.ExamineMailbox

SendCommand Method (SIMAP Control)

Sends the exact command directly to the server.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SendCommand Command

Remarks

This method sends the command specified by Command to the server exactly as it is provided. Use this method to send additional or custom commands directly to the server.

After calling this method check the LastReply property and/or monitor the PITrail event to obtain the server's response.

SetMailboxACL Method (SIMAP Control)

This method sets mailbox access control rights for a specific user.

Syntax

simapcontrol.SetMailboxACL User, Rights

Remarks

This method changes the access control list for the mailbox specified in the Mailbox property so that User is granted the permissions specified in Rights.

Rights is a string containing an optional plus ("+") or minus ("-") prefix, followed by zero or more rights characters. If the string starts with a plus, the rights are added to any existing rights for the identifier. If the string starts with a minus, the rights are removed from any existing rights for the identifier. If the string does not start with a plus or minus, the rights replace any existing rights for the identifier.

Standard rights include the following:

lLookup (Visible to be listed)
rRead (Can be selected, fetched, searched, and copied)
sKeep (Seen/unseen information across sessions)
wWrite (Stores flags other than SEEN and DELETED)
iInsert (Can be appended and copied into)
pPost (Can send mail to submission address for mailbox)
cCreate (Can create new sub-mailboxes)
dDelete (Stores DELETED flag and performs EXPUNGE)
aAdminister (Set access permissions)

StartIdle Method (SIMAP Control)

This method begins idling.

Syntax

simapcontrol.StartIdle 

Remarks

This method sends the IDLE command to the server and begins idling. As responses are received from the server the IdleInfo event fires. To stop idling, call StopIdle.

If the control is being used in a formless application (such as a console application) be sure to call DoEvents in a loop after calling this method to ensure that incoming events are processed.

StopIdle Method (SIMAP Control)

This method stops idling.

Syntax

simapcontrol.StopIdle 

Remarks

This method stops idling if it was previously started via StartIdle. If the control is not idling, this method does nothing.

SubscribeMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method subscribes to the mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.SubscribeMailbox 

Remarks

This method subscribes to the mailbox specified by the Mailbox property.

UnsetMessageFlags Method (SIMAP Control)

This method removes the flags specified by MessageFlags from the messages specified by MessageSet .

Syntax

simapcontrol.UnsetMessageFlags 

Remarks

This method removes the flags specified by the MessageFlags property from the messages specified by the MessageSet property. The format of the flags is specified by the IMAP RFCs.

Examples of possible flag values are server dependent, but they can include the following:

\Deleted Mark a message as deleted (for removal later by ExpungeMailbox).
\Seen Mark a message as read.
\Answered Mark a message as answered.
\Flagged Mark a message as flagged.
\Draft Mark a message as being incomplete (under composition).

UnsubscribeMailbox Method (SIMAP Control)

This method unsubscribes from the mailbox specified by Mailbox .

Syntax

simapcontrol.UnsubscribeMailbox 

Remarks

This method unsubscribes from the mailbox specified by the Mailbox property.

VerifySignature Method (SIMAP Control)

This method verifies the signature of the current message.

Syntax

simapcontrol.VerifySignature 

Remarks

This method attempts to verify the signature of the input message. If the message does not have a certificate attached, the control will attempt to verify the signature using the certificate supplied in SignerCert (if any). If no certificate is found, the control fails with an error.

If this method is successful, the SignerCert property will contain the certificate information of the message signer.

Note: This function does not attempt to check the validity of the signing certificate.

ConnectionStatus Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired to indicate changes in the connection state.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_ConnectionStatus(ConnectionEvent As String, StatusCode As Integer, Description As String)

Remarks

The ConnectionStatus event is fired when the connection state changes: for example, completion of a firewall or proxy connection or completion of a security handshake.

The ConnectionEvent parameter indicates the type of connection event. Values may include the following:

Firewall connection complete.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or S/Shell handshake complete (where applicable).
Remote host connection complete.
Remote host disconnected.
SSL or S/Shell connection broken.
Firewall host disconnected.
StatusCode has the error code returned by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack. Description contains a description of this code. The value of StatusCode is equal to the value of the error. The corresponding Visual Basic error code can be obtained by adding 15001 to this value.

EndTransfer Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired when the message or the part data finishes transferring.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_EndTransfer(Direction As Integer)

Remarks

The EndTransfer event is fired when the requested message body or part completes transferring from the server to the local host.

The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.

Error Event (SIMAP Control)

Information about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_Error(ErrorCode As Integer, Description As String)

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the control fails with an error.

The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

Header Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired every time a header line comes in.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_Header(Field As String, Value As String)

Remarks

The Field parameter contains the name of the HTTP header (in the same case as it is delivered). The Value parameter contains the header contents.

If the header line being retrieved is a continuation header line, then the Field parameter contains "" (empty string).

IdleInfo Event (SIMAP Control)

This event fires whenever responses from the server are received while idling.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_IdleInfo(Message As String, Cancel As Boolean)

Remarks

This event fires each time a response is received from the server after calling StartIdle. This will fire with information from the server intended to update the client. The type of data sent by the server may vary.

Message holds the response received from the server.

Cancel may be set to stop idling from within the event. This is equivalent to calling StopIdle.

The following are possible values returned by the server:

+ idling
* 43 EXISTS
* 1 RECENT

MailboxACL Event (SIMAP Control)

This event fires for each set of access control rights returned by the server.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_MailboxACL(Mailbox As String, User As String, Rights As String)

Remarks

The event fires for each set of access control rights returned by the server after a call to GetMailboxACL. Standard rights include the following:

lLookup (Visible to be listed)
rRead (Can be selected, fetched, searched, and copied)
sKeep (Seen/unseen information across sessions)
wWrite (Stores flags other than SEEN and DELETED)
iInsert (Can be appended and copied into)
pPost (Can send mail to submission address for mailbox)
cCreate (Can create new sub-mailboxes)
dDelete (Stores DELETED flag and performs EXPUNGE)
aAdminister (Set access permissions)

MailboxList Event (SIMAP Control)

This event fires for each mailbox received through the ListMailboxes and ListSubscribedMailboxes methods.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_MailboxList(Mailbox As String, Separator As String, Flags As String)

Remarks

This method is fired for each mailbox received through the ListMailboxes and ListSubscribedMailboxes methods. The Separator parameter contains the character that separates the different parts in the mailbox path hierarchy.

MessageInfo Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired with information for the messages retrieved by the server.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_MessageInfo(MessageId As String, Subject As String, MessageDate As String, From As String, Flags As String, Size As Long64)

Remarks

The MessageInfo event is fired when messages are searched, listed, or message information is received.

Id is the Id of the message.

Subject is the message subject.

MessageDate is the date of the message.

From is the email address of the sender.

Flags is a list of flags associated with this message.

Size is the size of the message.

More information may be received from the respective properties, such as the following: MessageContentType, MessageContentEncoding, MessageRecipients, MessageDeliveryTime, MessageFlags, MessageHeaders, MessageInReplyTo, MessageNetId, MessageReplyTo, MessageSender, MessageSize, MessageSubject, MessageText, etc.

MessagePart Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired for each message part when FetchMessageInfo is called.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_MessagePart(PartId As String, Size As Long64, ContentType As String, Filename As String, ContentEncoding As String, Parameters As String, MultipartMode As String, ContentId As String, ContentDisposition As String)

Remarks

The PartId parameter denotes the PartId that may be identified in other parts or messages. The format of PartIds is specified by the IMAP RFCs.

The Size parameter gives the size of this part.

The ContentType parameter shows the type of data contained in the part.

The ContentEncoding parameter shows how data are encoded.

The Filename parameter shows the filename corresponding to the part (if the part was included in the message as an attached file).

The Parameters parameter contains the additional parameters passed to the ContentType header, such as the part charset.

The MultipartMode parameter shows the how this part relates to the message's whole multipart structure (e.g., 'mixed', 'alternative', etc.).

The ContentId parameter shows the value of the Content-Id header for the part.

The ContentDisposition parameter shows the value of the Content-Disposition header for the part.

PITrail Event (SIMAP Control)

This event traces the commands sent to the mail server, and the respective replies.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_PITrail(Direction As Integer, Message As String)

Remarks

The PITrail event is useful for debugging and learning purposes. It shows all of the interactions between the client and the server, line by line, except for message header and body transfers.

The Message parameter contains the full text of the message. The Direction parameter shows the originator of the message:

0 (Client)The Message originates from the client.
1 (Server)The Message originates from the server.
2 (Information)The Message is an informative message originating from the client software (the control code).

SSLServerAuthentication Event (SIMAP Control)

Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_SSLServerAuthentication(CertEncoded As String, CertSubject As String, CertIssuer As String, Status As String, Accept As Boolean)

Remarks

During this event, the client can decide whether or not to continue with the connection process. The Accept parameter is a recommendation on whether to continue or close the connection. This is just a suggestion: application software must use its own logic to determine whether or not to continue.

When Accept is False, Status shows why the verification failed (otherwise, Status contains the string OK). If it is decided to continue, you can override and accept the certificate by setting the Accept parameter to True.

SSLStatus Event (SIMAP Control)

Shows the progress of the secure connection.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_SSLStatus(Message As String)

Remarks

The event is fired for informational and logging purposes only. This event tracks the progress of the connection.

StartTransfer Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired when the message body or the part data start transferring.

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_StartTransfer(Direction As Integer)

Remarks

The StartTransfer event is fired when the message body or the part data start transferring from the server to the local host. Further progress information is provided by the Transfer and EndTransfer events.

The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.

Transfer Event (SIMAP Control)

This event is fired while the message is transferred from the MailServer .

Syntax

Sub simapcontrol_Transfer(Direction As Integer, BytesTransferred As Long64, PercentDone As Integer, Text As String)

Remarks

The Transfer event is fired for every incoming line when receiving a message or part data from the MailServer

The Text parameter contains the portion of the message or the part data being retrieved.

The BytesTransferred parameter contains the number of bytes transferred since the beginning of the message, including header bytes. At the end of transmission (i.e., when the last Transfer event is fired), BytesTransferred equals the value of the MessageSize property.

The Transfer event is fired for every line of the message. There is no terminating newline at the end of the Text parameter. A faster way to retrieve a message is to assign a value to the LocalFile property and use the Transfer event to check the progress only rather than to get the actual data.

The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.

The PercentDone parameter shows the progress of the transfer in the corresponding direction. If PercentDone can not be calculated the value will be -1.

Note: Events are not re-entrant. Performing time-consuming operations within this event will prevent it from firing again in a timely manner and may affect overall performance.

Config Settings (SIMAP Control)

The control accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

SIMAP Config Settings

RefetchHeaders:   Whether or not to refetch the message headers when querying MessageEncrypted or MessageSigned.

When enabled (default), the control will refetch the message headers whenever MessageEncrypted or MessageSigned is queried.

IMAP Config Settings

AlwaysReturnUIDs:   Instructs the server to return UIDs even if not in UIDMode.

If UIDMode is set to False, the MessageSet contains session message Ids, and the response from the server also will contain session message Ids. In some cases, it is desirable that the server sends back UIDs. Set the AlwaysReturnUIDs to True, to instruct the server to do so.

The default value for this setting is False.

AppendToMailboxDateTime:   Specifies the date-time parameter used in the initial APPEND request.

When appending to a mailbox using the AppendToMailbox method, the IMAP RFC specifies a date-time parameter that can be used to set the internal date of the resulting message. This configuration setting can be used to specify the date-time parameter used in this case.

The date-time should be formatted according to the IMAP RFC specifications. For example, "22-Jan-2013 12:34:56 -0500" indicates January 22nd, 2013, at 12:34:56 PM EST.

By default, if this setting is not specified, no date-time is sent with the APPEND request, and the server will use the current time.

AuthorizationIdentity:   The value to use as the authorization identity when SASL authentication is used.

When AuthMechanism is set to amSASLPlain, amSASLDigestMD5, or amXOAUTH2, you may use this setting to specify an authorization identity to be used when authenticating. In the case of amXOAUTH2, this should be your OAUTH authorization string. For instance:

Bearer ya29.AHES6ZRmS-8xPbpGetC1VbABJIBRdKm-c4X7wMVGAbgxdGt5q8Ts3Q

Note: When using amXOAUTH2, User must be specified, but Password is not required.

AutoDecodeSubject:   Instructs the control to automatically decode message subjects.

Subjects that have been Quoted-Printable or Base64 encoded are automatically decoded when this configuration setting is True (default). Only subjects in the format "=?iso-8859-1?Q?data?=" will be correctly decoded.

AutoDecodeText:   Whether to decode MessageText when AutoDecodeParts is True.

When AutoDecodeParts is True, this setting controls whether MessageText is also decoded. When AutoDecodeText is True (default), MessageText is decoded. When set to False, MessageText is not decoded. This setting is applicable only when AutoDecodeParts is set to True.

FetchAfterSearch:   Determines if messages matching the SearchCriteria are fetched after calling SearchMailbox.

If set to False, FetchMessageInfo will not be called for messages matching the SearchCriteria after calling SearchMailbox. MessageInfo will still fire, but the MessageId parameter will be the only parameter populated. The default value of this setting is True.

FetchTextAndHeaders:   Specifies whether the message body and headers are fetched in a single request.

This setting specifies whether the FetchMessageText method fetches both the message headers and text, or just the message text. By default this value is , and FetchMessageText will fetch only the message text from the server. When set to , the control will fetch both the message text and headers in a single request from the server and populate both MessageHeadersString and MessageText.

IncludeHeaders:   Instructs the control to include the headers in the LocalFile.

When set to True, the headers for the message you are fetching will be written to the LocalFile before the message body. In this manner, the whole content of a MIME-encoded message will be written to the file.

MaskSensitive:   Whether sensitive properties should be masked when logging.

By default, the PITrail event will include the raw commands sent to the IMAP server, including sensitive values like passwords. To prevent passwords from appearing in plaintext when logging, set this option to True. The default value is True.

SendIDCommand:   Instructs control to send the ID command if the server advertises support for it.

This configuration setting specifies whether the control will use the IMAP4 Id extension defined in RFC 2971 and send the Id command to the server. When set to , the control will send the Id command with the value IPWorksIMAP if the server supports this as defined in the server's response to the CAPABILITY command.

The default value is , and this command will not be sent.

UTF7MailboxNames:   Specifies whether or not to automatically encode and decode UTF-7 mailbox names.

IMAP servers may represent some characters in a mailbox name in UTF-7 format. This setting determines whether or not the control should automatically encode and decode these values. When set to False, no encoding or decoding will be performed by the control. The default value is True.

TCPClient Config Settings

ConnectionTimeout:   Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.

When set, this configuration setting allows you to specify a different timeout value for establishing a connection. Otherwise, the control will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.

FirewallAutoDetect:   Tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallHost:   Name or IP address of firewall (optional).

If a FirewallHost is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPassword:   Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.

If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPort:   The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.

The FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.

Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallType:   Determines the type of firewall to connect through.

The appropriate values are as follows:

0No firewall (default setting).
1Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80.
2Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
3Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
10Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallUser:   A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.

If the FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the Firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

KeepAliveInterval:   The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. A TCP keep-alive packet will be sent after a period of inactivity as defined by KeepAliveTime. If no acknowledgment is received from the remote host, the keep-alive packet will be sent again. This configuration setting specifies the interval at which the successive keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds. This system default if this value is not specified here is 1 second.

Note: This value is not applicable in macOS.

KeepAliveTime:   The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. By default, the operating system will determine the time a connection is idle before a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) keep-alive packet is sent. This system default if this value is not specified here is 2 hours. In many cases, a shorter interval is more useful. Set this value to the desired interval in milliseconds.

Linger:   When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.

This property controls how a connection is closed. The default is True.

In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.

In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.

The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the control returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).

Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.

LingerTime:   Time in seconds to have the connection linger.

LingerTime is the time, in seconds, the socket connection will linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP timeout.

LocalHost:   The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.

The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.

If the control is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

LocalPort:   The port in the local host where the control binds.

This must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the control to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.

Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.

LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.

This; setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.

MaxLineLength:   The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.

MaxLineLength is the size of an internal buffer, which holds received data while waiting for an EOL string.

If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.

If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.

The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.

MaxTransferRate:   The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.

This configuration setting can be used to throttle outbound TCP traffic. Set this to the number of bytes to be sent per second. By default, this is not set and there is no limit.

ProxyExceptionsList:   A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.

This configuration setting optionally specifies a semicolon-separated list of hostnames or IP addresses to bypass when a proxy is in use. When requests are made to hosts specified in this property, the proxy will not be used. For instance:

www.google.com;www.nsoftware.com

TCPKeepAlive:   Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.

If set to True, the socket's keep-alive option is enabled and keep-alive packets will be sent periodically to maintain the connection. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to configure the timing of the keep-alive packets.

Note: This value is not applicable in Java.

TcpNoDelay:   Whether or not to delay when sending packets.

When true, the socket will send all data that is ready to send at once. When false, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.

By default, this config is set to false.

UseIPv6:   Whether to use IPv6.

When set to 0 (default), the control will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the control will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the control to prefer IPv6 addresses, but use IPv4 if IPv6 is not supported on the system, this setting should be set to 2. The default value is 0. Possible values are:

0 IPv4 Only
1 IPv6 Only
2 IPv6 with IPv4 fallback

SSL Config Settings

LogSSLPackets:   Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.

When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this setting controls whether SSL packets should be logged. By default, this setting is False, as it is only useful for debugging purposes.

When enabled, SSL packet logs are output using the SSLStatus event, which will fire each time an SSL packet is sent or received.

Enabling this setting has no effect if SSLProvider is set to Platform.

OpenSSLCADir:   The path to a directory containing CA certificates.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The path set by this property should point to a directory containing CA certificates in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the extension must be different (e.g. 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1 etc). OpenSSL recommends to use the c_rehash utility to create the necessary links. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.

OpenSSLCAFile:   Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The file set by this property should contain a list of CA certificates in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates identified by

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

... (CA certificate in base64 encoding) ...

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

sequences. Before, between, and after the certificates text is allowed which can be used e.g. for descriptions of the certificates. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.

OpenSSLCipherList:   A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The format of this string is described in the OpenSSL man page ciphers(1) section "CIPHER LIST FORMAT". Please refer to it for details. The default string "DEFAULT" is determined at compile time and is normally equivalent to "ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+SSLv2:@STRENGTH".

OpenSSLPrngSeedData:   The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

By default OpenSSL uses the device file "/dev/urandom" to seed the PRNG and setting OpenSSLPrngSeedData is not required. If set, the string specified is used to seed the PRNG.

ReuseSSLSession:   Determines if the SSL session is reused.

If set to true, the control will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:

  • The target host name is the same.
  • The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
  • The application process that calls the function is the same.
  • The logon session is the same.
  • The instance of the control is the same.

SSLCACerts:   A newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.

This setting specifies one or more CA certificates to be included in the request when performing SSL client authentication. Some servers require the entire chain, including CA certificates, to be presented when performing SSL client authentication. The value of this setting is a newline (CrLf) separated list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
..
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

SSLCheckCRL:   Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.

This setting specifies whether the control will check the Certificate Revocation List specified by the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the control will first obtain the list of CRL URLs from the server certificate's CRL distribution points extension. The control will then make HTTP requests to each CRL endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the control fails with an error.

When set to 0 (default) the CRL check will not be performed by the control. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the CRL check, but will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support CRL. When set to 2, it will perform the CRL check and will throw an error if CRL is not supported.

This configuration setting is only supported in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is only supported on Windows operating systems.

SSLCheckOCSP:   Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.

This setting specifies whether the control will use OCSP to check the validity of the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the control will first obtain the OCSP URL from the server certificate's OCSP extension. The control will then locate the issuing certificate and make an HTTP request to the OCSP endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the control fails with an error.

When set to 0 (default) the control will not perform an OCSP check. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the OCSP check, but will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support OCSP. When set to 2, it will perform the OCSP check and will throw an error if OCSP is not supported.

This configuration setting is only supported in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is only supported on Windows operating systems.

SSLCipherStrength:   The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.

This minimum cipher strength largely dependent on the security modules installed on the system. If the cipher strength specified is not supported, an error will be returned when connections are initiated.

Please note that this setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library. The actual cipher strength used for the connection is shown by the SSLStatus event.

Use this setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.

When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList config setting.

SSLEnabledCipherSuites:   The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.

The enabled cipher suites to be used in SSL negotiation.

By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").

The special value "*" means that the control will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.

Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.

Example values when SSLProvider is set to Platform: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include:

  • CALG_3DES
  • CALG_3DES_112
  • CALG_AES
  • CALG_AES_128
  • CALG_AES_192
  • CALG_AES_256
  • CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
  • CALG_CYLINK_MEK
  • CALG_DES
  • CALG_DESX
  • CALG_DH_EPHEM
  • CALG_DH_SF
  • CALG_DSS_SIGN
  • CALG_ECDH
  • CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
  • CALG_ECDSA
  • CALG_ECMQV
  • CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
  • CALG_HUGHES_MD5
  • CALG_HMAC
  • CALG_KEA_KEYX
  • CALG_MAC
  • CALG_MD2
  • CALG_MD4
  • CALG_MD5
  • CALG_NO_SIGN
  • CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
  • CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
  • CALG_PCT1_MASTER
  • CALG_RC2
  • CALG_RC4
  • CALG_RC5
  • CALG_RSA_KEYX
  • CALG_RSA_SIGN
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
  • CALG_SEAL
  • CALG_SHA
  • CALG_SHA1
  • CALG_SHA_256
  • CALG_SHA_384
  • CALG_SHA_512
  • CALG_SKIPJACK
  • CALG_SSL2_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
  • CALG_TEK
  • CALG_TLS1_MASTER
  • CALG_TLS1PRF
Example values when SSLProvider is set to Internal: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_DH_ANON_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Internal include:
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

When TLS 1.3 is negotiated (see SSLEnabledProtocols) only the following cipher suites are supported:

  • TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.

SSLEnabledProtocols:   Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Not all supported protocols are enabled by default (the value of this setting is 4032). If you want more granular control over the enabled protocols, you can set this property to the binary 'OR' of one or more of the following values:

TLS1.312288 (Hex 3000)
TLS1.23072 (Hex C00) (Default)
TLS1.1768 (Hex 300) (Default)
TLS1 192 (Hex C0) (Default)
SSL3 48 (Hex 30) [Platform Only]
SSL2 12 (Hex 0C) [Platform Only]

SSLEnabledProtocols - TLS 1.3 Notes

By default when TLS 1.3 is enabled the control will use the internal TLS implementation when the SSLProvider is set to Automatic for all editions.

In editions which are designed to run on Windows SSLProvider can be set to Platform to use the platform implementation instead of the internal implementation. When configured in this manner, please note that the platform provider is only supported on Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and up. The default internal provider is available on all platforms and is not restricted to any specific OS version.

If set to 1 (Platform provider) please be aware of the following notes:

  • The platform provider is only available on Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and up.
  • SSLEnabledCipherSuites and other similar SSL configuration settings are not supported.
  • If SSLEnabledProtocols includes both TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2 the above restrictions are still applicable even if TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Enabling TLS 1.3 with the platform provider changes the implementation used for all TLS versions.

SSLEnabledProtocols: SSL2 and SSL3 Notes:

SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are not supported by the control when the SSLProvider is set to internal. To use SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0, the platform security API must have the protocols enabled and SSLProvider needs to be set to platform.

SSLEnableRenegotiation:   Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.

This setting specifies whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension will be used in the request when using the internal security API. This setting is by default, but can be set to to disable the extension.

This setting is only applicable when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLIncludeCertChain:   Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.

This setting specifies whether the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event contains the full certificate chain. By default this value is False and only the leaf certificate will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event.

If set to True all certificates returned by the server will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.

SSLKeyLogFile:   The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.

This setting optionally specifies the full path to a file on disk where per-session secrets are stored for debugging purposes.

When set, the control will save the session secrets in the same format as the SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable functionality used by most major browsers and tools such as Chrome, Firefox, and cURL. This file can then be used in tools such as Wireshark to decrypt TLS traffice for debugging purposes. When writing to this file the control will only append, it will not overwrite previous values.

Note: This setting is only applicable when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLNegotiatedCipher:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

Returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipher[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength.

Returns the strength of the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g.TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

Returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake represented as a single string.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange:   Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.

Returns the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength:   Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.

Returns the strenghth of the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedVersion:   Returns the negotiated protocol version.

Returns the protocol version negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedVersion[connId]");

SSLSecurityFlags:   Flags that control certificate verification.

The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be or-ed together to exclude multiple conditions:

0x00000001Ignore time validity status of certificate.
0x00000002Ignore time validity status of CTL.
0x00000004Ignore non-nested certificate times.
0x00000010Allow unknown Certificate Authority.
0x00000020Ignore wrong certificate usage.
0x00000100Ignore unknown certificate revocation status.
0x00000200Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status.
0x00000400Ignore unknown Certificate Authority revocation status.
0x00000800Ignore unknown Root revocation status.
0x00008000Allow test Root certificate.
0x00004000Trust test Root certificate.
0x80000000Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN not-matching server name).

This functionality is currently not available when the provider is OpenSSL.

SSLServerCACerts:   A newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.

This setting optionally specifies one or more CA certificates to be used when verifying the server certificate. When verifying the server's certificate the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the server's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This setting should only be set if the server's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.

The value of this setting is a newline (CrLf) separated list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
..
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

TLS12SignatureAlgorithms:   Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

This setting specifies the allowed server certificate signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal and SSLEnabledProtocols is set to allow TLS 1.2.

When specified the control will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported the control fails with an error.

The format of this value is a comma separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance: component.SSLProvider = TCPClientSSLProviders.sslpInternal; component.Config("SSLEnabledProtocols=3072"); //TLS 1.2 component.Config("TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa"); The default value for this setting is sha512-ecdsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa,sha384-ecdsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha256-ecdsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha224-ecdsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha1-ecdsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa.

In order to not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.

TLS12SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for ECC.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.2 for ECC.

The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.

When using TLS 1.2 and SSLProvider is set to Internal, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)

TLS13KeyShareGroups:   The groups for which to pregenerate key shares.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. The groups specified here will have key share data pregenerated locally before establishing a connection. This can prevent an additional round trip during the handshake if the group is supported by the server.

The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result only some groups are included by default in this setting.

Note: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used which is not present in this list it will incur an additional round trip and time to generate the key share for that group.

In most cases this setting does not need to be modified. This should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448"
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1"
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096"
  • "ffdhe_6144"
  • "ffdhe_8192"

TLS13SignatureAlgorithms:   The allowed certificate signature algorithms.

This setting holds a comma separated list of allowed signature algorithms. Possible values are:

  • "ed25519" (default)
  • "ed448" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha512" (default)
The default value is rsa_pss_sha256,rsa_pss_sha384,rsa_pss_sha512,rsa_pkcs1_sha256,rsa_pkcs1_sha384,rsa_pkcs1_sha512,ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256,ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384,ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512,ed25519,ed448. This setting is only applicable when SSLEnabledProtocols includes TLS 1.3.
TLS13SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. This setting should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096" (default)
  • "ffdhe_6144" (default)
  • "ffdhe_8192" (default)

Socket Config Settings

AbsoluteTimeout:   Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.

If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method which does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.

Note: This option is not valid for UDP ports.

FirewallData:   Used to send extra data to the firewall.

When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g. headers for custom authentication schemes).

InBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. Increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the control is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

OutBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. Increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the control is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

Base Config Settings

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:

IdentifierName
037IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437OEM - United States
500IBM EBCDIC - International
708Arabic - ASMO 708
709Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775OEM - Baltic
850OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852OEM - Latin II
855OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857OEM - Turkish
858OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860OEM - Portuguese
861OEM - Icelandic
862OEM - Hebrew
863OEM - Canadian-French
864OEM - Arabic
865OEM - Nordic
866OEM - Russian
869OEM - Modern Greek
870IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
950ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250ANSI - Central European
1251ANSI - Cyrillic
1252ANSI - Latin I
1253ANSI - Greek
1254ANSI - Turkish
1255ANSI - Hebrew
1256ANSI - Arabic
1257ANSI - Baltic
1258ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361Korean (Johab)
10000MAC - Roman
10001MAC - Japanese
10002MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003MAC - Korean
10004MAC - Arabic
10005MAC - Hebrew
10006MAC - Greek I
10007MAC - Cyrillic
10008MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010MAC - Romania
10017MAC - Ukraine
10021MAC - Thai
10029MAC - Latin II
10079MAC - Icelandic
10081MAC - Turkish
10082MAC - Croatia
12000Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000CNS - Taiwan
20001TCA - Taiwan
20002Eten - Taiwan
20003IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004TeleText - Taiwan
20005Wang - Taiwan
20105IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106IA5 German (7-bit)
20107IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261T.61
20269ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297IBM EBCDIC - France
20420IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866Russian - KOI8-R
20871IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001Europa 3
38598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225ISO 2022 Korean
50227ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931US/Canada and Japanese
50933Korean Extended and Korean
50935Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936Simplified Chinese
50937US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932EUC - Japanese
51936EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949EUC - Korean
51950EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002ISCII Devanagari
57003ISCII Bengali
57004ISCII Tamil
57005ISCII Telugu
57006ISCII Assamese
57007ISCII Oriya
57008ISCII Kannada
57009ISCII Malayalam
57010ISCII Gujarati
57011ISCII Punjabi
65000Unicode UTF-7
65001Unicode UTF-8
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:
IdentifierName
1ASCII
2NEXTSTEP
3JapaneseEUC
4UTF8
5ISOLatin1
6Symbol
7NonLossyASCII
8ShiftJIS
9ISOLatin2
10Unicode
11WindowsCP1251
12WindowsCP1252
13WindowsCP1253
14WindowsCP1254
15WindowsCP1250
21ISO2022JP
30MacOSRoman
10UTF16String
0x90000100UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100UTF32String
0x98000100UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100UTF32LittleEndian
65536Proprietary

MaskSensitive:   Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to to mask sensitive data. The default is .

This setting only works on these controls: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to , the control will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.

Setting this configuration setting to tells the control to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

This setting is set to by default on all platforms.

Trappable Errors (SIMAP Control)

IMAP Errors

20119    Firewall error. Error message contains detailed description.
20312    Protocol error.
20313    Busy executing current method.
20315    A Mailbox must be selected before calling this method.
20316    Invalid argument. Please specify a valid MessageSet.
20318    Unknown content encoding.
20319    LocalFile already exists and overwrite is False.

The control may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other controls.

TCPClient Errors

20101    You cannot change the RemotePort at this time. A connection is in progress.
20102    You cannot change the RemoteHost (Server) at this time. A connection is in progress.
20103    The RemoteHost address is invalid (0.0.0.0).
20105    Already connected. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
20107    You cannot change the LocalPort at this time. A connection is in progress.
20108    You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
20113    You cannot change MaxLineLength at this time. A connection is in progress.
20117    RemotePort cannot be zero. Please specify a valid service port number.
20118    You cannot change the UseConnection option while the control is active.
20136    Operation would block.
20202    Timeout.
20212    Action impossible in control's present state.
20213    Action impossible while not connected.
20214    Action impossible while listening.
20302    Timeout.
20303    Could not open file.
20435    Unable to convert string to selected CodePage.
21106    Already connecting. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
21118    You need to connect first.
21120    You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
21121    Connection dropped by remote host.

SSL Errors

20271    Cannot load specified security library.
20272    Cannot open certificate store.
20273    Cannot find specified certificate.
20274    Cannot acquire security credentials.
20275    Cannot find certificate chain.
20276    Cannot verify certificate chain.
20277    Error during handshake.
20281    Error verifying certificate.
20282    Could not find client certificate.
20283    Could not find server certificate.
20284    Error encrypting data.
20285    Error decrypting data.

TCP/IP Errors

25005    [10004] Interrupted system call.
25010    [10009] Bad file number.
25014    [10013] Access denied.
25015    [10014] Bad address.
25023    [10022] Invalid argument.
25025    [10024] Too many open files.
25036    [10035] Operation would block.
25037    [10036] Operation now in progress.
25038    [10037] Operation already in progress.
25039    [10038] Socket operation on non-socket.
25040    [10039] Destination address required.
25041    [10040] Message too long.
25042    [10041] Protocol wrong type for socket.
25043    [10042] Bad protocol option.
25044    [10043] Protocol not supported.
25045    [10044] Socket type not supported.
25046    [10045] Operation not supported on socket.
25047    [10046] Protocol family not supported.
25048    [10047] Address family not supported by protocol family.
25049    [10048] Address already in use.
25050    [10049] Can't assign requested address.
25051    [10050] Network is down.
25052    [10051] Network is unreachable.
25053    [10052] Net dropped connection or reset.
25054    [10053] Software caused connection abort.
25055    [10054] Connection reset by peer.
25056    [10055] No buffer space available.
25057    [10056] Socket is already connected.
25058    [10057] Socket is not connected.
25059    [10058] Can't send after socket shutdown.
25060    [10059] Too many references, can't splice.
25061    [10060] Connection timed out.
25062    [10061] Connection refused.
25063    [10062] Too many levels of symbolic links.
25064    [10063] File name too long.
25065    [10064] Host is down.
25066    [10065] No route to host.
25067    [10066] Directory not empty
25068    [10067] Too many processes.
25069    [10068] Too many users.
25070    [10069] Disc Quota Exceeded.
25071    [10070] Stale NFS file handle.
25072    [10071] Too many levels of remote in path.
25092    [10091] Network subsystem is unavailable.
25093    [10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range.
25094    [10093] Winsock not loaded yet.
26002    [11001] Host not found.
26003    [11002] Non-authoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup).
26004    [11003] Non-recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP.
26005    [11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup).