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24
25/* <DESC>
26 * Copy an email from one IMAP folder to another
27 * </DESC>
28 */
29
30#include <stdio.h>
31#include <curl/curl.h>
32
33/* This is a simple example showing how to copy a mail from one mailbox folder
34 * to another using libcurl's IMAP capabilities.
35 *
36 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
37 */
38
39int 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 source mailbox folder to select */
51    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX");
52
53    /* Set the COPY command specifying the message ID and destination folder */
54    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "COPY 1 FOLDER");
55
56    /* Note that to perform a move operation you will need to perform the copy,
57     * then mark the original mail as Deleted and EXPUNGE or CLOSE. Please see
58     * imap-store.c for more information on deleting messages. */
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