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24 * POP3 example showing how to retrieve e-mails
29 #include <curl/curl.h>
31 /* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
34 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 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 will retrieve message 1 from the user's mailbox */
49 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3://pop.example.com/1");
51 /* Perform the retr */
52 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
54 /* Check for errors */
56 fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
57 curl_easy_strerror(res));
60 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);