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+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * Project ___| | | | _ \| |
+ * / __| | | | |_) | |
+ * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
+ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/* <DESC>
+ * SMTP example showing how to send mime e-mails
+ * </DESC>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+/* This is a simple example showing how to send mime mail using libcurl's SMTP
+ * capabilities. For an example of using the multi interface please see
+ * smtp-multi.c.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.56.0 or above.
+ */
+
+#define FROM "<sender@example.org>"
+#define TO "<addressee@example.net>"
+#define CC "<info@example.org>"
+
+static const char *headers_text[] = {
+ "Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:08:43 +0100",
+ "To: " TO,
+ "From: " FROM " (Example User)",
+ "Cc: " CC " (Another example User)",
+ "Message-ID: <dcd7cb36-11db-487a-9f3a-e652a9458efd@"
+ "rfcpedant.example.org>",
+ "Subject: example sending a MIME-formatted message",
+ NULL
+};
+
+static const char inline_text[] =
+ "This is the inline text message of the e-mail.\r\n"
+ "\r\n"
+ " It could be a lot of lines that would be displayed in an e-mail\r\n"
+ "viewer that is not able to handle HTML.\r\n";
+
+static const char inline_html[] =
+ "<html><body>\r\n"
+ "<p>This is the inline <b>HTML</b> message of the e-mail.</p>"
+ "<br />\r\n"
+ "<p>It could be a lot of HTML data that would be displayed by "
+ "e-mail viewers able to handle HTML.</p>"
+ "</body></html>\r\n";
+
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ CURL *curl;
+ CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+ struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
+ struct curl_slist *recipients = NULL;
+ struct curl_slist *slist = NULL;
+ curl_mime *mime;
+ curl_mime *alt;
+ curl_mimepart *part;
+ const char **cpp;
+
+ curl = curl_easy_init();
+ if(curl) {
+ /* This is the URL for your mailserver */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://mail.example.com");
+
+ /* Note that this option isn't strictly required, omitting it will result
+ * in libcurl sending the MAIL FROM command with empty 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);
+
+ /* Add two recipients, in this particular case they correspond to the
+ * To: and Cc: addressees in the header, but they could be any kind of
+ * recipient. */
+ recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, TO);
+ recipients = curl_slist_append(recipients, CC);
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT, recipients);
+
+ /* Build and set the message header list. */
+ for(cpp = headers_text; *cpp; cpp++)
+ headers = curl_slist_append(headers, *cpp);
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
+
+ /* Build the mime message. */
+ mime = curl_mime_init(curl);
+
+ /* The inline part is an alterative proposing the html and the text
+ versions of the e-mail. */
+ alt = curl_mime_init(curl);
+
+ /* HTML message. */
+ part = curl_mime_addpart(alt);
+ curl_mime_data(part, inline_html, CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED);
+ curl_mime_type(part, "text/html");
+
+ /* Text message. */
+ part = curl_mime_addpart(alt);
+ curl_mime_data(part, inline_text, CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED);
+
+ /* Create the inline part. */
+ part = curl_mime_addpart(mime);
+ curl_mime_subparts(part, alt);
+ curl_mime_type(part, "multipart/alternative");
+ slist = curl_slist_append(NULL, "Content-Disposition: inline");
+ curl_mime_headers(part, slist, 1);
+
+ /* Add the current source program as an attachment. */
+ part = curl_mime_addpart(mime);
+ curl_mime_filedata(part, "smtp-mime.c");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MIMEPOST, mime);
+
+ /* Send the message */
+ res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+ /* Check for errors */
+ if(res != CURLE_OK)
+ fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+ curl_easy_strerror(res));
+
+ /* Free lists. */
+ curl_slist_free_all(recipients);
+ curl_slist_free_all(headers);
+
+ /* 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);
+
+ /* Free multipart message. */
+ curl_mime_free(mime);
+ }
+
+ return (int)res;
+}