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24 * IMAP example using SSL
29 #include <curl/curl.h>
31 /* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
32 * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
33 * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
35 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
41 CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
43 curl = curl_easy_init();
45 /* Set username and password */
46 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
47 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
49 /* This will fetch message 1 from the user's inbox. Note the use of
50 * imaps:// rather than imap:// to request a SSL based connection. */
51 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
52 "imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
54 /* If you want to connect to a site who isn't using a certificate that is
55 * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
56 * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
59 * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
60 * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
62 #ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
63 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
66 /* If the site you're connecting to uses a different host name that what
67 * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
68 * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl will refuse to connect. You can skip
69 * this check, but this will make the connection less secure. */
70 #ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION
71 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
74 /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
75 * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
77 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
79 /* Perform the fetch */
80 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
82 /* Check for errors */
84 fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
85 curl_easy_strerror(res));
88 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);