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