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curl/docs/examples/simplesmtp.c
Brad Hards 37a22d4749 Docs: add simple SMTP example
Add a simple SMTP example program, patterned after some of the existing
examples, and the curl application.

This version addresses issues raised by David Woodhouse on comments in
the simplesmtp.c example.
2010-12-17 22:51:54 +01:00

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*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res;
struct curl_slist *recipients = NULL;
/* value for envelope reverse-path */
static const char *from = "bradh@example.com";
/* this becomes the envelope forward-path */
static const char *to = "bradh@example.net";
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
/* this is the URL for your mailserver - you can also use an smtps:// URL
* here */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://mail.example.net.");
/* Note that this option isn't strictly required, omitting it will result in
* libcurl will sent the MAIL FROM command with no sender data. All
* autoresponses should have an empty reverse-path, and should be directed
* to the address in the reverse-path which triggered them. Otherwise, they
* could cause an endless loop. See RFC 5321 Section 4.5.5 for more details.
*/
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, from);
/* Note that the CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT takes a list, not a char array. */
recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, to);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT, recipients);
/* You provide the payload (headers and the body of the message) as the
* "data" element. There are two choices, either:
* - provide a callback function and specify the function name using the
* CURLOPT_READFUNCTION option; or
* - just provide a FILE pointer that can be used to read the data from.
* The easiest case is just to read from standard input, (which is available
* as a FILE pointer) as shown here.
*/
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, stdin);
/* send the message (including headers) */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* free the list of recipients */
curl_slist_free_all(recipients);
/* curl won't send the QUIT command until you call cleanup, so you should be
* able to re-use this connection for additional messages (setting
* CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM and CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT as required, and calling
* curl_easy_perform() again. It may not be a good idea to keep the
* connection open for a very long time though (more than a few minutes may
* result in the server timing out the connection), and you do want to clean
* up in the end.
*/
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
return 0;
}