aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c')
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c79
1 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c b/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfdec10ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * 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. Note the use of
+ * pop3s:// rather than pop3:// to request a SSL based connection. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3s://pop.example.com/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
+
+ /* 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 0;
+}