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authorSteve Holme <steve_holme@hotmail.com>2014-01-05 12:20:26 +0000
committerSteve Holme <steve_holme@hotmail.com>2014-01-05 12:17:15 +0000
commitafb65c6cf33cbd954586ae5225b7aa11858af312 (patch)
tree815700f821dc79f67f59b173541b0f809b37fdbf
parent5be92d03b05ca68651fc9240beb7bb0f91ab99c5 (diff)
examples: Added POP3 RETR example
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/Makefile.inc6
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/pop3-retr.c58
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c3
3 files changed, 63 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.inc b/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
index d3ae10a39..1abd1778b 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ check_PROGRAMS = 10-at-a-time anyauthput cookie_interface debug fileupload \
persistant post-callback postit2 sepheaders simple simplepost simplessl \
sendrecv httpcustomheader certinfo chkspeed ftpgetinfo ftp-wildcard \
smtp-multi smtp-send smtp-ssl smtp-tls smtp-vrfy smtp-expn rtsp \
- externalsocket resolve progressfunc pop3-list pop3-ssl imap-list imap-fetch \
- imap-store imap-append imap-examine imap-search imap-create imap-delete \
- imap-copy imap-ssl imap-tls url2file sftpget ftpsget postinmemory
+ externalsocket resolve progressfunc pop3-retr pop3-list pop3-ssl imap-list \
+ imap-fetch imap-store imap-append imap-examine imap-search imap-create \
+ imap-delete imap-copy imap-ssl imap-tls url2file sftpget ftpsget postinmemory
# These examples require external dependencies that may not be commonly
# available on POSIX systems, so don't bother attempting to compile them here.
diff --git a/docs/examples/pop3-retr.c b/docs/examples/pop3-retr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5a50f22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/pop3-retr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * Project ___| | | | _ \| |
+ * / __| | | | |_) | |
+ * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
+ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, 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.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+/* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
+ * capabilities.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 or above.
+ */
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ CURL *curl;
+ CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+
+ curl = curl_easy_init();
+ if(curl) {
+ /* Set username and password */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
+
+ /* This will retreive message 1 from the user's mailbox */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3://pop.example.com/1");
+
+ /* Perform the retr */
+ res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+ /* Check for errors */
+ if(res != CURLE_OK)
+ fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+ curl_easy_strerror(res));
+
+ /* Always cleanup */
+ curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+ }
+
+ return (int)res;
+}
diff --git a/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c b/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
index 5a20e3c07..81d4c2af1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
+++ b/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
#include <curl/curl.h>
/* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
- * capabilities.
+ * capabilities. It builds on the pop3-retr.c example adding transport
+ * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
*
* Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 or above.
*/