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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 retrieve only the headers of a mail
+ * using libcurl's POP3 capabilities.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.26.0 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 is just the server URL */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3://pop.example.com");
+
+ /* Set the TOP command for message 1 to only include the headers */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "TOP 1 0");
+
+ /* Perform the custom request */
+ 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;
+}