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/* <DESC>
 * Get POP3 email using implicit SSL
 * </DESC>
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

/* This is a simple example showing how to retrieve mail using libcurl's POP3
 * capabilities. It builds on the pop3-retr.c example adding transport
 * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
 *
 * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.20.0 or above.
 */

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;

  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    /* Set username and password */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");

    /* This retrieves message 1 from the user's mailbox. Note the use of
     * pop3s:// rather than pop3:// to request a SSL based connection. */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3s://pop.example.com/1");

    /* If you want to connect to a site who is not using a certificate that is
     * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
     * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
     * A LOT LESS SECURE.
     *
     * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
     * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
     * you. */
#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
#endif

    /* If the site you are connecting to uses a different host name that what
     * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
     * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl refuses to connect. You can skip this
     * check, but it makes the connection insecure. */
#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
#endif

    /* Since the traffic is encrypted, it is useful to turn on debug
     * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
     * transfer */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);

    /* Perform the retr */
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    /* Check for errors */
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));

    /* Always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }

  return (int)res;
}