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24
25/* <DESC>
26 * Delete POP3 emails
27 * </DESC>
28 */
29
30#include <stdio.h>
31#include <curl/curl.h>
32
33/* This is a simple example showing how to delete an existing mail using
34 * libcurl's POP3 capabilities.
35 *
36 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.26.0 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    /* You can specify the message either in the URL or DELE command */
51    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3://pop.example.com/1");
52
53    /* Set the DELE command */
54    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELE");
55
56    /* Do not perform a transfer as DELE returns no data */
57    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
58
59    /* Perform the custom request */
60    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
61
62    /* Check for errors */
63    if(res != CURLE_OK)
64      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
65              curl_easy_strerror(res));
66
67    /* Always cleanup */
68    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
69  }
70
71  return (int)res;
72}
73