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