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24
25/* <DESC>
26 * POP3 using TLS
27 * </DESC>
28 */
29
30#include <stdio.h>
31#include <curl/curl.h>
32
33/* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
34 * capabilities. It builds on the pop3-retr.c example adding transport
35 * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
36 *
37 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 or above.
38 */
39
40int main(void)
41{
42  CURL *curl;
43  CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
44
45  curl = curl_easy_init();
46  if(curl) {
47    /* Set username and password */
48    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
49    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
50
51    /* This will retrieve message 1 from the user's mailbox */
52    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3://pop.example.com/1");
53
54    /* In this example, we will start with a plain text connection, and upgrade
55     * to Transport Layer Security (TLS) using the STLS command. Be careful of
56     * using CURLUSESSL_TRY here, because if TLS upgrade fails, the transfer
57     * will continue anyway - see the security discussion in the libcurl
58     * tutorial for more details. */
59    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, (long)CURLUSESSL_ALL);
60
61    /* If your server does not have a valid certificate, then you can disable
62     * part of the Transport Layer Security protection by setting the
63     * CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST options to 0 (false).
64     *   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
65     *   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
66     *
67     * That is, in general, a bad idea. It is still better than sending your
68     * authentication details in plain text though.  Instead, you should get
69     * the issuer certificate (or the host certificate if the certificate is
70     * self-signed) and add it to the set of certificates that are known to
71     * libcurl using CURLOPT_CAINFO and/or CURLOPT_CAPATH. See docs/SSLCERTS
72     * for more information. */
73    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/path/to/certificate.pem");
74
75    /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is useful to turn on debug
76     * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
77     * transfer */
78    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
79
80    /* Perform the retr */
81    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
82
83    /* Check for errors */
84    if(res != CURLE_OK)
85      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
86              curl_easy_strerror(res));
87
88    /* Always cleanup */
89    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
90  }
91
92  return (int)res;
93}
94