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imap-ssl.c

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/* <DESC>
 * IMAP with implicit SSL
 * </DESC>
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
/* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
 * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
 * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
 *
 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 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 fetches message 1 from the user's inbox. Note the use of
    * imaps:// rather than imap:// to request a SSL based connection. */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
                     "imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=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 host name that 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 fetch */
    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;
}

Notice

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

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