curl/docs/examples/imap-tls.c
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#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 will fetch message 1 from the user's inbox */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
/* In this example, we'll start with a plain text connection, and upgrade
* to Transport Layer Security (TLS) using the STARTTLS command. Be careful
* of using CURLUSESSL_TRY here, because if TLS upgrade fails, the transfer
* will continue anyway - see the security discussion in the libcurl
* tutorial for more details. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, (long)CURLUSESSL_ALL);
/* If your server doesn't have a valid certificate, then you can disable
* part of the Transport Layer Security protection by setting the
* CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST options to 0 (false).
* curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
* curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
* That is, in general, a bad idea. It is still better than sending your
* authentication details in plain text though.
* Instead, you should get the issuer certificate (or the host certificate
* if the certificate is self-signed) and add it to the set of certificates
* that are known to libcurl using CURLOPT_CAINFO and/or CURLOPT_CAPATH. See
* docs/SSLCERTS for more information. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/path/to/certificate.pem");
/* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very 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;
}