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Re: How to fetch pop3 mail using libcurl

From: Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:09:51 +0200

On 21 October 2011 15:18, <mushubi_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
[...]
> * libcurl smtp seems to work fine using this argument
> 'smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587' for example. Is there smtps:// version of this

Port 587 is the "submission" port. It uses SMTP and the client and
server can negotiate an upgrade to TLS like they can on port 25.

Port 465 is the smtps port, although as far as I know, use of port 465
is discouraged.

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Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>
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