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24 
25 /* <DESC>
26  * IMAP with implicit SSL
27  * </DESC>
28  */
29 
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #include <curl/curl.h>
32 
33 /* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
34  * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
35  * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
36  *
37  * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
38  */
39 
main(void)40 int main(void)
41 {
42   CURL *curl;
43   CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
44 
45   curl = curl_easy_init();
46   if(curl) {
47     /* Set username and password */
48     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
49     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
50 
51     /* This fetches message 1 from the user's inbox. Note the use of
52     * imaps:// rather than imap:// to request a SSL based connection. */
53     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
54                      "imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
55 
56     /* If you want to connect to a site who is not using a certificate that is
57      * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
58      * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
59      * A LOT LESS SECURE.
60      *
61      * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
62      * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
63      * you. */
64 #ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
65     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
66 #endif
67 
68     /* If the site you are connecting to uses a different host name that what
69      * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
70      * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl refuses to connect. You can skip this
71      * check, but it makes the connection insecure. */
72 #ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION
73     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
74 #endif
75 
76     /* Since the traffic is encrypted, it is useful to turn on debug
77      * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
78      * transfer */
79     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
80 
81     /* Perform the fetch */
82     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
83 
84     /* Check for errors */
85     if(res != CURLE_OK)
86       fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
87               curl_easy_strerror(res));
88 
89     /* Always cleanup */
90     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
91   }
92 
93   return (int)res;
94 }
95