1 /*************************************************************************** 2 * _ _ ____ _ 3 * Project ___| | | | _ \| | 4 * / __| | | | |_) | | 5 * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ 6 * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| 7 * 8 * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel (at) haxx.se>, et al. 9 * 10 * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which 11 * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms 12 * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. 13 * 14 * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell 15 * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is 16 * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. 17 * 18 * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY 19 * KIND, either express or implied. 20 * 21 ***************************************************************************/ 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