Secure Property

Specify if a connection to the server is secure.

Syntax

object.Secure [= { True | False } ]

Remarks

The Secure property determines if a secure connection is established to the server. The default value for this property is False, which specifies that a standard connection to the server is used. To establish a secure connection, the application must set this property value to True prior to calling the Connect method. Once the connection has been established, the client may retrieve messages from the server as with standard connections.

It is strongly recommended that any application that sets this property to True use error handling to trap any errors that may occur. If the control is unable to initialize the security libraries, or otherwise cannot create a secure session for the client, an error will be generated when this property value is set.

Data Type

Boolean

Example

The following example establishes a secure connection to a server and retrieves a message:

InternetMail1.ServerType = mailServerPop3
InternetMail1.ServerName = strServerName
InternetMail1.UserName = strUserName
InternetMail1.Password = strPassword
InternetMail1.Secure = True

nError = InternetMail1.Connect()
If nError > 0 Then
    MsgBox "Unable to connect to server " & strServerName, vbExclamation
    Exit Sub
End If
  
If InternetMail1.CertificateStatus <> mailCertificateValid Then
     nResult = MsgBox("The server certificate could not be validated" & vbCrLf & _
                      "Are you sure you wish to continue?", vbYesNo)
  
     If nResult = vbNo Then
          InternetMail1.Disconnect
          Exit Sub
     End If
End If

nError = InternetMail1.GetMessage(1)
If nError > 0 Then
     InternetMail1.Disconnect
     MsgBox "Unable to retrieve message from server " & strServerName
     Exit Sub
End If
  
InternetMail1.Disconnect

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