Dkim DataFlex Reference Documentation

Dkim

Current Version: 9.5.0.97

DomainKeys API for creating and verifying DKIM-Signature and DomainKey-Signature MIME (email) header fields. This API is included with the "Chilkat MIME" license. ("Chilkat MIME" may be referred to as "Chilkat S/MIME" on some chilkatsoft.com web pages. They are the same product.)

Object Creation

// (Dataflex programs use the 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX)
Handle hoDkim
Get Create(RefClass(cComChilkatDkim)) to hoDkim

Properties

AbortCurrent
Function ComAbortCurrent Returns Boolean
Procedure Set ComAbortCurrent Boolean value
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

When set to True, causes the currently running method to abort. Methods that always finish quickly (i.e.have no length file operations or network communications) are not affected. If no method is running, then this property is automatically reset to False when the next method is called. When the abort occurs, this property is reset to False. Both synchronous and asynchronous method calls can be aborted. (A synchronous method call could be aborted by setting this property from a separate thread.)

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DebugLogFilePath
Function ComDebugLogFilePath Returns String
Procedure Set ComDebugLogFilePath String value

If set to a file path, causes each Chilkat method or property call to automatically append it's LastErrorText to the specified log file. The information is appended such that if a hang or crash occurs, it is possible to see the context in which the problem occurred, as well as a history of all Chilkat calls up to the point of the problem. The VerboseLogging property can be set to provide more detailed information.

This property is typically used for debugging the rare cases where a Chilkat method call hangs or generates an exception that halts program execution (i.e. crashes). A hang or crash should generally never happen. The typical causes of a hang are:

  1. a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
  2. the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
  3. there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.

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DkimAlg
Function ComDkimAlg Returns String
Procedure Set ComDkimAlg String value

The signing algorithm to be used in creating the DKIM-Signature. Possible values are "rsa-sha256" and "rsa-sha1". The default value is "rsa-sha256".

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DkimBodyLengthCount
Function ComDkimBodyLengthCount Returns Integer
Procedure Set ComDkimBodyLengthCount Integer value

Optional body length count to set a maximum number of body bytes to be hashed when creating the DKIM-Signature field. The default value is 0, indicating that the entire body should be hashed.

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DkimCanon
Function ComDkimCanon Returns String
Procedure Set ComDkimCanon String value

Canonicalization algorithm to be used for both header and body when creating the DKIM-Signature. Possible values are "simple" and "relaxed". The default value is "relaxed".

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DkimDomain
Function ComDkimDomain Returns String
Procedure Set ComDkimDomain String value

The domain name of the signing domain when creating the DKIM-Signature.

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DkimHeaders
Function ComDkimHeaders Returns String
Procedure Set ComDkimHeaders String value

A colon-separated list of header field names that identify headers presented to the signing algorithm when creating the DKIM-Signature. The default value is: "mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type".

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DkimSelector
Function ComDkimSelector Returns String
Procedure Set ComDkimSelector String value

The selector to be used to form the DNS query for the public key. This property applies to creating a DKIM-Signature. For example, if the selector is "reykjavik" and the domain is "example-code.com", then the DNS query would be for "reykjavik._domainkey.example-code.com".

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DomainKeyAlg
Function ComDomainKeyAlg Returns String
Procedure Set ComDomainKeyAlg String value

The signing algorithm to be used in creating the DomainKey-Signature. The only possible value is "rsa-sha1". The default value is "rsa-sha1".

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DomainKeyCanon
Function ComDomainKeyCanon Returns String
Procedure Set ComDomainKeyCanon String value

Canonicalization algorithm to be used for when creating the DomainKey-Signature. Possible values are "simple" and "nofws". The default value is "nofws".

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DomainKeyDomain
Function ComDomainKeyDomain Returns String
Procedure Set ComDomainKeyDomain String value

The domain name of the signing domain when creating the DomainKey-Signature.

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DomainKeyHeaders
Function ComDomainKeyHeaders Returns String
Procedure Set ComDomainKeyHeaders String value

A colon-separated list of header field names that identify headers presented to the signing algorithm when creating the DomainKey-Signature. The default value is: "mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type".

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DomainKeySelector
Function ComDomainKeySelector Returns String
Procedure Set ComDomainKeySelector String value

The selector to be used to form the DNS query for the public key. This property applies to creating a DomainKey-Signature. For example, if the selector is "reykjavik" and the domain is "example-code.com", then the DNS query would be for "reykjavik._domainkey.example-code.com".

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LastBinaryResult
Function ComLastBinaryResult Returns Variant

The binary data returned by the last (binary data returning) method called. Only available if Chilkat.Global.KeepBinaryResult is set to True. This provides a means for obtaining large varbinary results in the SQL Server environment (where limitations exist in getting large amounts of data returned by method calls, but where temp tables can be used for binary properties).

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LastErrorHtml
Function ComLastErrorHtml Returns String

Provides information in HTML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorText
Function ComLastErrorText Returns String

Provides information in plain-text format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorXml
Function ComLastErrorXml Returns String

Provides information in XML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastMethodSuccess
Function ComLastMethodSuccess Returns Boolean
Procedure Set ComLastMethodSuccess Boolean value

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of True indicates success, a value of False indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:

  • Any method that returns a string.
  • Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
  • Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = True and failure = False.
  • Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.

Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to True. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

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LastStringResult
Function ComLastStringResult Returns String

The string return value of the last (string returning) method called. Only available if Chilkat.Global.KeepStringResult is set to True. This provides a means for obtaining large string results in the SQL Server environment (where limitations exist in getting long strings returned by method calls, but where temp tables can be used for string properties).

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LastStringResultLen
Function ComLastStringResultLen Returns Integer

The length, in characters, of the string contained in the LastStringResult property.

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VerboseLogging
Function ComVerboseLogging Returns Boolean
Procedure Set ComVerboseLogging Boolean value

If set to True, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is False. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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VerifyInfo
Function ComVerifyInfo Returns String
Introduced in version 9.5.0.76

Contains JSON with information about the last DKIM or DomainKey signature verified (or verification failure). The JSON will contain information like this:

{
  "domain": "amazonses.com",
  "selector": "7v7vs6w47njt4pimodk5mmttbegzsi6n",
  "publicKey": "MIGfMA0GCSq...z6uqeQIDAQAB",
  "canonicalization": "relaxed/simple",
  "algorithm": "rsa-sha256",
  "signedHeaders": "Subject:From:To:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type:References:Message-Id:Feedback-ID",
  "verified": "yes"
}

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Version
Function ComVersion Returns String

Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.94"

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Methods

DkimSign
Function ComDkimSign cComChilkatBinData mimeData Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.71

Constructs and prepends a DKIM-Signature header to the MIME passed in mimeData. Prior to calling this method, your program must set both the DkimDomain and DkimSelector properties, and it must load a private key by calling SetDkimPrivateKey.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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DkimVerify
Function ComDkimVerify Integer sigIndex cComChilkatBinData mimeData Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.71

Verifies the Nth DKIM-Signature header in the mimeData. (In most cases, there is only one signature.) The 1st signature is at sigIndex 0.

On return, the VerifyInfo property will contain additional information about the DKIM-Signature that was verified (or not verified).

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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DomainKeySign
Function ComDomainKeySign cComChilkatBinData mimeData Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.71

Constructs and prepends a DomainKey-Signature header to the MIME passed in mimeData. Prior to calling this method, your program must set both the DomainKeyDomain and DomainKeySelector properties, and it must load a private key by calling SetDomainKeyPrivateKey.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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DomainKeyVerify
Function ComDomainKeyVerify Integer sigIndex cComChilkatBinData mimeData Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.71

Verifies the Nth DomainKey-Signature header in the mimeData. (In most cases, there is only one signature.) The 1st signature is at sigIndex 0.

On return, the VerifyInfo property will contain additional information about the DKIM-Signature that was verified (or not verified).

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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LoadPublicKey
Function ComLoadPublicKey String selector String domain String publicKey Returns Boolean

Caches a public key to be used for verifying DKIM and DomainKey signatures for a given selector and domain. The publicKey is a string containing an RSA public key in any text format, such as XML, PEM, etc. This method will automatically detect the format and load the public key correctly. This method is useful for testing DKIM and DomainKey verification when your public key has not yet been installed in DNS.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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LoadPublicKeyFile
Function ComLoadPublicKeyFile String selector String domain String publicKeyFilepath Returns Boolean

Caches a public key to be used for verifying DKIM and DomainKey signatures for a given selector and domain. The publicKeyFilepath is a filepath of an RSA public key in any format. This method will automatically detect the format and load the public key correctly. This method is useful for testing DKIM and DomainKey verification when your public key has not yet been installed in DNS.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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LoadTaskCaller
Function ComLoadTaskCaller cComChilkatTask task Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.80

Loads the caller of the task's async method.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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NumDkimSigs
Function ComNumDkimSigs cComChilkatBinData mimeData Returns Integer
Introduced in version 9.5.0.76

Returns the number of DKIM-Signature header fields found in mimeData.

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NumDomainKeySigs
Function ComNumDomainKeySigs cComChilkatBinData mimeData Returns Integer
Introduced in version 9.5.0.76

Returns the number of DomainKey-Signature header fields found in mimeData.

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PrefetchPublicKey
Function ComPrefetchPublicKey String selector String domain Returns Boolean

Useful if your application is going to verify many emails from a single domain (or a few domains). This eliminates the need to do a DNS lookup to fetch the public key each time an email's DKIM or DomainKey signature is verified.

This method may be called multiple times -- once for each selector/domain to be pre-fetched. The verify methods (VerifyDkimSignature and VerifyDomainKeySignature) will use a pre-fetched key if the selector and domain match.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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PrefetchPublicKeyAsync (1)
Function ComPrefetchPublicKeyAsync String selector String domain Returns cComChilkatTask

Creates an asynchronous task to call the PrefetchPublicKey method with the arguments provided. (Async methods are available starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.52.)

Returns null on failure

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SetDkimPrivateKey
Function ComSetDkimPrivateKey cComPrivateKey privateKey Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.71

Sets the private key file to be used for creating a DKIM-Signature.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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SetDomainKeyPrivateKey
Function ComSetDomainKeyPrivateKey cComPrivateKey privateKey Returns Boolean
Introduced in version 9.5.0.71

Sets the private key file to be used for creating a DomainKey-Signature.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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