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pop3-ssl.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Get POP3 email using implicit SSL
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
 
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
/* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
 * capabilities. It builds on the pop3-retr.c example adding transport
 * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
 *
 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 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 retrieves message 1 from the user's mailbox. Note the use of *
       pop3s:// rather than pop3:// to request an SSL based connection. */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3s://pop.example.com/1");
 
    /* If you want to connect to a site who is not 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 are connecting to uses a different hostname than what
     * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
     * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl refuses to connect. You can skip this
     * check, but it makes the connection insecure. */
#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
#endif
 
    /* Since the traffic is encrypted, it is 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 retr */
    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.