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imap-copy.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Copy an email from one IMAP folder to another
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
 
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
/* This is a simple example showing how to copy a mail from one mailbox folder
 * to another using libcurl's IMAP capabilities.
 *
 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
 */
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
 
  CURLcode result = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
  if(result != CURLE_OK)
    return (int)result;
 
  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 source mailbox folder to select */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX");
 
    /* Set the COPY command specifying the message ID and destination folder */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "COPY 1 FOLDER");
 
    /* Note that to perform a move operation you need to perform the copy,
     * then mark the original mail as Deleted and EXPUNGE or CLOSE. Please see
     * imap-store.c for more information on deleting messages. */
 
    /* Perform the custom request */
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    /* Check for errors */
    if(result != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(result));
 
    /* Always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
 
  curl_global_cleanup();
 
  return (int)result;
}

Notice

This source code example is simplified and may ignore return codes and error checks. We do this to highlight the libcurl function calls and related options and reduce unrelated code.

A real-world application does of course properly check every return value and exit correctly at the first serious error.