I would like to know and understand the steps involved in fetching mail from pop3 server using plain c language
A:
Use one of the thousands of libraries that already exist such as libspopc.
Joseph Daigle
2008-09-26 04:32:30
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A:
Steps:
- Connect to the server's port (usually 995) using OpenSSL
- Verify the certificate
- Send regular pop3 commands over the SSL socket you just opened. (LIST, RETR and so on)
- Retrieve the responses
- Close the socket
Or use a library that does all of the above for you
Vinko Vrsalovic
2008-09-26 04:33:45
Thanks Vinko Vrsalovic
2008-09-27 05:12:23
doesn't ssl imply asyncronous certificate ?
Frederic Morin
2008-10-28 17:19:07
A:
Use a library such as tinymail, which uses the OpenSSL library.
John Millikin
2008-09-26 04:41:34