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+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * 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 fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
+ * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
+ * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 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 fetch message 1 from the user's inbox. Note the use of
+ * imaps:// rather than imap:// to request a SSL based connection. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
+
+ /* If you want to connect to a site who isn't using a certificate that is
+ * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
+ * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
+ * A LOT LESS SECURE.
+ *
+ * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
+ * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
+ * you. */
+#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
+#endif
+
+ /* If the site you're connecting to uses a different host name that what
+ * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
+ * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl will refuse to connect. You can skip
+ * this check, but this will make the connection less secure. */
+#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERFICATION
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
+#endif
+
+ /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
+ * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
+ * transfer */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+ /* Perform the fetch */
+ 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;
+}