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-rw-r--r--docs/examples/smtp-mail.c4
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/smtp-ssl.c15
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/smtp-tls.c13
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/smtp-mail.c b/docs/examples/smtp-mail.c
index bfc445dc1..ed9524e87 100644
--- a/docs/examples/smtp-mail.c
+++ b/docs/examples/smtp-mail.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int main(void)
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload_ctx);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
- /* send the message (including headers) */
+ /* Send the message */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* Check for errors */
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int main(void)
fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
curl_easy_strerror(res));
- /* free the list of recipients */
+ /* Free the list of recipients */
curl_slist_free_all(recipients);
/* curl won't send the QUIT command until you call cleanup, so you should be
diff --git a/docs/examples/smtp-ssl.c b/docs/examples/smtp-ssl.c
index 3402ad42b..9a68a7ff9 100644
--- a/docs/examples/smtp-ssl.c
+++ b/docs/examples/smtp-ssl.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static const char *payload_text[] = {
"From: " FROM "(Example User)\r\n",
"Cc: " CC "(Another example User)\r\n",
"Message-ID: <dcd7cb36-11db-487a-9f3a-e652a9458efd@rfcpedant.example.org>\r\n",
- "Subject: SMTP TLS example message\r\n",
+ "Subject: SMTP SSL example message\r\n",
"\r\n", /* empty line to divide headers from body, see RFC5322 */
"The body of the message starts here.\r\n",
"\r\n",
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ int main(void)
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
#endif
- /* Value for envelope reverse-path */
+ /* Note that this option isn't strictly required, omitting it will result in
+ * libcurl sending the MAIL FROM command with empty sender data. All
+ * autoresponses should have an empty reverse-path, and should be directed
+ * to the address in the reverse-path which triggered them. Otherwise, they
+ * could cause an endless loop. See RFC 5321 Section 4.5.5 for more details.
+ */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, FROM);
/* Add two recipients, in this particular case they correspond to the
@@ -125,9 +130,9 @@ int main(void)
recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, CC);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT, recipients);
- /* In this case, we're using a callback function to specify the data. You
- * could just use the CURLOPT_READDATA option to specify a FILE pointer to
- * read from. */
+ /* We're using a callback function to specify the payload (the headers and
+ * body of the message). You could just use the CURLOPT_READDATA option to
+ * specify a FILE pointer to read from. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, payload_source);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload_ctx);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
diff --git a/docs/examples/smtp-tls.c b/docs/examples/smtp-tls.c
index 4e610d9ac..4872dbdf1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/smtp-tls.c
+++ b/docs/examples/smtp-tls.c
@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ int main(void)
* docs/SSLCERTS for more information. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/path/to/certificate.pem");
- /* Value for envelope reverse-path */
+ /* Note that this option isn't strictly required, omitting it will result in
+ * libcurl sending the MAIL FROM command with empty sender data. All
+ * autoresponses should have an empty reverse-path, and should be directed
+ * to the address in the reverse-path which triggered them. Otherwise, they
+ * could cause an endless loop. See RFC 5321 Section 4.5.5 for more details.
+ */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, FROM);
/* Add two recipients, in this particular case they correspond to the
@@ -127,9 +132,9 @@ int main(void)
recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, CC);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT, recipients);
- /* In this case, we're using a callback function to specify the data. You
- * could just use the CURLOPT_READDATA option to specify a FILE pointer to
- * read from. */
+ /* We're using a callback function to specify the payload (the headers and
+ * body of the message). You could just use the CURLOPT_READDATA option to
+ * specify a FILE pointer to read from. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, payload_source);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload_ctx);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);