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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