curl/docs/examples/pop3-ssl.c
Daniel Stenberg a28464ae77
docs: reduce/avoid English contractions
You're => You are
Hasn't => Has not
Doesn't => Does not
Don't => Do not
You'll => You will
etc

Closes #7930
2021-11-07 23:16:27 +01:00

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/***************************************************************************
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* Copyright (C) 1998 - 2021, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
*
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***************************************************************************/
/* <DESC>
* POP3 example using SSL
* </DESC>
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
/* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
* capabilities. It builds on the pop3-retr.c example adding transport
* security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
*
* Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 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 retrieve message 1 from the user's mailbox. Note the use of
* pop3s:// rather than pop3:// to request a SSL based connection. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3s://pop.example.com/1");
/* If you want to connect to a site who is not using a certificate that is
* signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
* verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
* A LOT LESS SECURE.
*
* If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
* default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
* you. */
#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
#endif
/* If the site you are connecting to uses a different host name that what
* they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
* subjectAltName) fields, libcurl will refuse to connect. You can skip
* this check, but this will make the connection less secure. */
#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
#endif
/* 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 retr */
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;
}