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24
25 /* <DESC>
26 * Search for new IMAP emails
27 * </DESC>
28 */
29
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #include <curl/curl.h>
32
33 /* This is a simple example showing how to search for new messages using
34 * libcurl's IMAP capabilities.
35 *
36 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
37 */
38
main(void)39 int main(void)
40 {
41 CURL *curl;
42 CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
43
44 curl = curl_easy_init();
45 if(curl) {
46 /* Set username and password */
47 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
48 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
49
50 /* This is mailbox folder to select */
51 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX");
52
53 /* Set the SEARCH command specifying what we want to search for. Note that
54 * this can contain a message sequence set and a number of search criteria
55 * keywords including flags such as ANSWERED, DELETED, DRAFT, FLAGGED, NEW,
56 * RECENT and SEEN. For more information about the search criteria please
57 * see RFC-3501 section 6.4.4. */
58 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "SEARCH NEW");
59
60 /* Perform the custom request */
61 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
62
63 /* Check for errors */
64 if(res != CURLE_OK)
65 fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
66 curl_easy_strerror(res));
67
68 /* Always cleanup */
69 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
70 }
71
72 return (int)res;
73 }
74
