* | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
* \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
*
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
*
* This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
* you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
- * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
*
* You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
* KIND, either express or implied.
*
***************************************************************************/
+
+/* <DESC>
+ * Send e-mail with SMTP
+ * </DESC>
+ */
+
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
-/* This is a simple example showing how to send mail using libcurl's SMTP
- * capabilities. For an exmaple of using the multi interface please see
- * smtp-multi.c.
- *
- * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 or above.
+/*
+ * For an SMTP example using the multi interface please see smtp-multi.c.
+ */
+
+/* The libcurl options want plain addresses, the viewable headers in the mail
+ * can very well get a full name as well.
*/
+#define FROM_ADDR "<sender@example.org>"
+#define TO_ADDR "<addressee@example.net>"
+#define CC_ADDR "<info@example.org>"
-#define FROM "<sender@example.org>"
-#define TO "<addressee@example.net>"
-#define CC "<info@example.org>"
+#define FROM_MAIL "Sender Person " FROM_ADDR
+#define TO_MAIL "A Receiver " TO_ADDR
+#define CC_MAIL "John CC Smith " CC_ADDR
static const char *payload_text[] = {
"Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:54:29 +1100\r\n",
- "To: " TO "\r\n",
- "From: " FROM "(Example User)\r\n",
- "Cc: " CC "(Another example User)\r\n",
- "Message-ID: <dcd7cb36-11db-487a-9f3a-e652a9458efd@rfcpedant.example.org>\r\n",
+ "To: " TO_MAIL "\r\n",
+ "From: " FROM_MAIL "\r\n",
+ "Cc: " CC_MAIL "\r\n",
+ "Message-ID: <dcd7cb36-11db-487a-9f3a-e652a9458efd@"
+ "rfcpedant.example.org>\r\n",
"Subject: SMTP example message\r\n",
"\r\n", /* empty line to divide headers from body, see RFC5322 */
"The body of the message starts here.\r\n",
/* This is the URL for your mailserver */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://mail.example.com");
- /* Note that this option isn't strictly required, omitting it will result in
- * libcurl sending the MAIL FROM command with empty sender data. All
+ /* Note that this option isn't strictly required, omitting it will result
+ * in libcurl sending the MAIL FROM command with empty sender data. All
* autoresponses should have an empty reverse-path, and should be directed
- * to the address in the reverse-path which triggered them. Otherwise, they
- * could cause an endless loop. See RFC 5321 Section 4.5.5 for more details.
+ * to the address in the reverse-path which triggered them. Otherwise,
+ * they could cause an endless loop. See RFC 5321 Section 4.5.5 for more
+ * details.
*/
- curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, FROM);
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, FROM_ADDR);
/* Add two recipients, in this particular case they correspond to the
* To: and Cc: addressees in the header, but they could be any kind of
* recipient. */
- recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, TO);
- recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, CC);
+ recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, TO_ADDR);
+ recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, CC_ADDR);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT, recipients);
/* We're using a callback function to specify the payload (the headers and
/* Free the list of recipients */
curl_slist_free_all(recipients);
- /* curl won't send the QUIT command until you call cleanup, so you should be
- * able to re-use this connection for additional messages (setting
+ /* curl won't send the QUIT command until you call cleanup, so you should
+ * be able to re-use this connection for additional messages (setting
* CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM and CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT as required, and calling
* curl_easy_perform() again. It may not be a good idea to keep the
- * connection open for a very long time though (more than a few minutes may
- * result in the server timing out the connection), and you do want to clean
- * up in the end.
+ * connection open for a very long time though (more than a few minutes
+ * may result in the server timing out the connection), and you do want to
+ * clean up in the end.
*/
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}