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23 #include <curl/curl.h>
25 /* This is a simple example showing how to search for new messages using
26 * libcurl's IMAP capabilities.
28 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
34 CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
36 curl = curl_easy_init();
38 /* Set username and password */
39 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
40 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
42 /* This is mailbox folder to select */
43 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX");
45 /* Set the SEARCH command specifing what we want to search for. Note that
46 * this can contain a message sequence set and a number of search criteria
47 * keywords including flags such as ANSWERED, DELETED, DRAFT, FLAGGED, NEW,
48 * RECENT and SEEN. For more information about the search criteria please
49 * see RFC-3501 section 6.4.4. */
50 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "SEARCH NEW");
52 /* Perform the custom request */
53 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
55 /* Check for errors */
57 fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
58 curl_easy_strerror(res));
61 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);