Introduction

Sending email from Windows, Android and iOS Delphi applications over public SMTP servers requires an encrypted connection. Internet Direct (Indy) configuration for SSL/TLS connections is shown in this example source code.

Disclaimer

This code is mostly based on code posted in the Embarcadero forum and here.

Example usage

procedure TFormMailDemo.ButtonSendClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  Mail: TSSLEmail;
begin
  if EditToEmail.Text <> '' then
  begin
    Mail := TSSLEmail.Create('mail.example.com', 465,
      'me@example.com', '***');

    try
      Mail.edSenderName := 'ABC Inc.';
      Mail.edSenderEmail := 'abc@example.com';
      Mail.edToEmail := EditToEmail.Text;
      Mail.edSubject := EditSubject.Text;
      Mail.edBody := MemoBody.Lines;

      Mail.SendEmail;

      EditToEmail.Text:='';
      EditSubject.Text:='';
      MemoBody.Clear;
    finally
      Mail.Free;
    end;
  end;
end;

Requirements

The code requires Internet Direct (Indy) version 10.6.
Note that the application needs the SSL dynamic link libraries, which can be found at indy.fulgan.com/SSL.

Supported platforms

The code has been tested with Delphi 2009 on Windows. The original code in the linked article reportedly works with Android.
For iOS, please also read this article.

Feedback and support

Feedback is welcome, please visit Habarisoft web page to find contact information. The source code is unsupported example code, use it at your own risk.

Source code

The source code for the SSL mail unit is shown below.

unit IndySecureMailClient;

interface

uses
  IdMessage, Classes, IdSMTP;

const
  SMTP_PORT_EXPLICIT_TLS = 587;

type
  TSSLEmail = class(TObject)
  private
    IdMessage: TIdMessage;
    SMTP: TIdSMTP;

    FedBody: TStrings;
    FedSMTPPort: Integer;
    FedToEmail: string;
    FedSubject: string;
    FedSMTPServer: string;
    FedCCEmail: string;
    FedPassword: string;
    FedBCCEmail: string;
    FedSenderName: string;
    FedUserName: string;
    FedPriority: TIdMessagePriority;
    FedSenderEmail: string;
    FedSSLConnection: Boolean;

    // Getter / Setter
    procedure SetBody(const Value: TStrings);

    procedure Init;
    procedure InitMailMessage;
    procedure InitSASL;
    procedure AddSSLHandler;

  public
    constructor Create; overload;
    constructor Create(const ASMTPServer: string;
      const ASMTPPort: Integer;
      const AUserName, APassword: string); overload;

    destructor Destroy; override;

    procedure SendEmail;

    // Properties
    property edBCCEmail: string read FedBCCEmail write FedBCCEmail;
    property edBody: TStrings read FedBody write SetBody;
    property edCCEmail: string read FedCCEmail write FedCCEmail;
    property edPassword: string read FedPassword write FedPassword;
    property edPriority: TIdMessagePriority read FedPriority write FedPriority;
    property edSenderEmail: string read FedSenderEmail write FedSenderEmail;
    property edSenderName: string read FedSenderName write FedSenderName;
    property edSMTPServer: string read FedSMTPServer write FedSMTPServer;
    property edSMTPPort: Integer read FedSMTPPort write FedSMTPPort;
    property edSSLConnection: Boolean read FedSSLConnection write FedSSLConnection;
    property edToEmail: string read FedToEmail write FedToEmail;
    property edUserName: string read FedUserName write FedUserName;
    property edSubject: string read FedSubject write FedSubject;

  end;

implementation

uses
  IdComponent, IdTCPConnection, IdTCPClient, IdExplicitTLSClientServerBase,
  IdMessageClient, IdSMTPBase, IdBaseComponent, IdIOHandler,
  IdIOHandlerSocket, IdIOHandlerStack, IdSSL, IdSSLOpenSSL, IdSASLLogin,
  IdSASL_CRAM_SHA1, IdSASL, IdSASLUserPass, IdSASL_CRAMBase, IdSASL_CRAM_MD5,
  IdSASLSKey, IdSASLPlain, IdSASLOTP, IdSASLExternal, IdSASLDigest,
  IdSASLAnonymous, IdUserPassProvider;

constructor TSSLEmail.Create;
begin
  inherited;

  Init;

  FedBody := TStringList.Create;
end;

procedure TSSLEmail.Init;
begin
  edSSLConnection := True;
  edPriority := TIdMessagePriority.mpNormal;
end;

constructor TSSLEmail.Create(const ASMTPServer: string;
  const ASMTPPort: Integer; const AUserName, APassword: string);
begin
  Create;

  edSMTPServer := ASMTPServer;
  edSMTPPort := ASMTPPort;
  edUserName := AUserName;
  edPassword := APassword;
end;

destructor TSSLEmail.Destroy;
begin
  edBody.Free;

  inherited;
end;

// Setter / Getter -----------------------------------------------------------

procedure TSSLEmail.SetBody(const Value: TStrings);
begin
  FedBody.Assign(Value);
end;

// Send the mail -------------------------------------------------------------

procedure TSSLEmail.SendEmail;
begin
  IdMessage := TIdMessage.Create;
  try
    InitMailMessage;

    SMTP := TIdSMTP.Create;
    try
      if edSSLConnection then
      begin
        AddSSLHandler;

        if edSMTPPort = SMTP_PORT_EXPLICIT_TLS then
          SMTP.UseTLS := utUseExplicitTLS
        else
          SMTP.UseTLS := utUseImplicitTLS;
      end;

      if (edUserName<>'') or (edPassword<>'') then
      begin
        SMTP.AuthType := satSASL;
        InitSASL;
      end
      else
      begin
        SMTP.AuthType := satNone;
      end;

      SMTP.Host := edSMTPServer;
      SMTP.Port := edSMTPPort;
      SMTP.ConnectTimeout := 30000;
      SMTP.UseEHLO := True;
      SMTP.Connect;

      try
        SMTP.Send(IdMessage);
      finally
        SMTP.Disconnect;
      end;
    finally
      SMTP.Free;
    end;
  finally
    IdMessage.Free;
  end;
end;

// Prepare the mail ----------------------------------------------------------

procedure TSSLEmail.InitMailMessage;
begin
  IdMessage.ContentType := 'text/plain';
  IdMessage.Charset := 'UTF-8';
  IdMessage.Body := edBody;
  IdMessage.Sender.Text := edSenderEMail;
  IdMessage.From.Name := edSenderName;
  IdMessage.From.Address := edSenderEMail;
  IdMessage.ReplyTo.EMailAddresses := edSenderEmail;
  IdMessage.Recipients.EMailAddresses := edToEmail;
  IdMessage.Subject := edSubject;
  IdMessage.Priority := edPriority;
  IdMessage.CCList.EMailAddresses := edCCEMail;
  IdMessage.ReceiptRecipient.Text := '';
  IdMessage.BccList.EMailAddresses := edBCCEMail;
end;

procedure TSSLEmail.AddSSLHandler;
var
  SSLHandler: TIdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL;
begin
  SSLHandler := TIdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.Create(SMTP);
  // SSL/TLS handshake determines the highest available SSL/TLS version dynamically
  SSLHandler.SSLOptions.Method := sslvSSLv23;
  SSLHandler.SSLOptions.Mode := sslmClient;
  SSLHandler.SSLOptions.VerifyMode := [];
  SSLHandler.SSLOptions.VerifyDepth := 0;
  SMTP.IOHandler := SSLHandler;
end;

procedure TSSLEmail.InitSASL;
var
  IdUserPassProvider: TIdUserPassProvider;
  IdSASLCRAMMD5: TIdSASLCRAMMD5;
  IdSASLCRAMSHA1: TIdSASLCRAMSHA1;
  IdSASLPlain: TIdSASLPlain;
  IdSASLLogin: TIdSASLLogin;
  IdSASLSKey: TIdSASLSKey;
  IdSASLOTP: TIdSASLOTP;
  IdSASLAnonymous: TIdSASLAnonymous;
  IdSASLExternal: TIdSASLExternal;
begin
  IdUserPassProvider := TIdUserPassProvider.Create(SMTP);
  IdUserPassProvider.Username := edUserName;
  IdUserPassProvider.Password:= edPassword;

  IdSASLCRAMSHA1 := TIdSASLCRAMSHA1.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLCRAMSHA1.UserPassProvider := IdUserPassProvider;
  IdSASLCRAMMD5 := TIdSASLCRAMMD5.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLCRAMMD5.UserPassProvider := IdUserPassProvider;
  IdSASLSKey := TIdSASLSKey.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLSKey.UserPassProvider := IdUserPassProvider;
  IdSASLOTP := TIdSASLOTP.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLOTP.UserPassProvider := IdUserPassProvider;
  IdSASLAnonymous := TIdSASLAnonymous.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLExternal := TIdSASLExternal.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLLogin := TIdSASLLogin.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLLogin.UserPassProvider := IdUserPassProvider;
  IdSASLPlain := TIdSASLPlain.Create(SMTP);
  IdSASLPlain.UserPassProvider := IdUserPassProvider;

  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLCRAMSHA1;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLCRAMMD5;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLSKey;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLOTP;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLAnonymous;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLExternal;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLLogin;
  SMTP.SASLMechanisms.Add.SASL := IdSASLPlain;
end;

end.