Problems using libcurl to send email (C++ and Win32) - c++

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I'm currently experiencing some problems and was hoping I could gain some insight as to what is going on by posting it here. I want to write a simple C++ application (or C) to send an email to a gmail account. I am in a win32 (xp sp2) environment and I am using dev C++ as my compiler. I've included the curl libraries and the application seems to compile fine, however it does not send the email nor does it display errors. Here is the code that I found that I am using to do this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <iostream>
/* This is a simple example showing how to send mail using libcurl's SMTP
* capabilities. It builds on the simplesmtp.c example, adding some
* authentication and transport security.
*/
#define FROM "<email#email.com>"
#define TO "<email#gmail.com>"
#define CC "<email#gmail.com>"
using namespace std;
static const char *payload_text[]={
"Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:54:29 +1100\n",
"To: " TO "\n",
"From: " FROM "(Example User)\n",
"Cc: " CC "(Another example User)\n",
"Message-ID: <dcd7cb36-11db-487a-9f3a-e652a9458efd#rfcpedant.example.org>\n",
"Subject: SMTP TLS example message\n",
"\n", /* empty line to divide headers from body, see RFC5322 */
"The body of the message starts here.\n",
"\n",
"It could be a lot of lines, could be MIME encoded, whatever.\n",
"Check RFC5322.\n",
NULL
};
struct upload_status {
int lines_read;
};
static size_t payload_source(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
{
struct upload_status *upload_ctx = (struct upload_status *)userp;
const char *data;
if ((size == 0) || (nmemb == 0) || ((size*nmemb) < 1)) {
return 0;
}
data = payload_text[upload_ctx->lines_read];
if (data) {
size_t len = strlen(data);
memcpy(ptr, data, len);
upload_ctx->lines_read ++;
return len;
}
return 0;
}
int main(void)
{
//cout << "starting";
//_getch();
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res;
struct curl_slist *recipients = NULL;
struct upload_status upload_ctx;
upload_ctx.lines_read = 0;
curl = curl_easy_init();
if (curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
/* This is the URL for your mailserver. Note the use of port 587 here,
* instead of the normal SMTP port (25). Port 587 is commonly used for
* secure mail submission (see RFC4403), but you should use whatever
* matches your server configuration. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587");
/* In this example, we'll start with a plain text connection, and upgrade
* to Transport Layer Security (TLS) using the STARTTLS command. Be careful
* of using CURLUSESSL_TRY here, because if TLS upgrade fails, the transfer
* will continue anyway - see the security discussion in the libcurl
* tutorial for more details. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, (long)CURLUSESSL_ALL);
/* If your server doesn't have a valid certificate, then you can disable
* part of the Transport Layer Security protection by setting the
* CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST options to 0 (false).
* curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
* curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
* That is, in general, a bad idea. It is still better than sending your
* authentication details in plain text though.
* Instead, you should get the issuer certificate (or the host certificate
* if the certificate is self-signed) and add it to the set of certificates
* that are known to libcurl using CURLOPT_CAINFO and/or CURLOPT_CAPATH. See
* docs/SSLCERTS for more information.
*/
//curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/path/to/certificate.pem");
/* A common reason for requiring transport security is to protect
* authentication details (user names and passwords) from being "snooped"
* on the network. Here is how the user name and password are provided: */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "username");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "password");
/* value for envelope reverse-path */
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);
/* In this case, we're using a callback function to specify the data. You
* could just use the CURLOPT_READDATA option to specify a FILE pointer to
* read from.
*/
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, payload_source);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload_ctx);
/* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
* information within libcurl to see what is happening during the transfer.
*/
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
/* send the message (including headers) */
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 the list of recipients and clean up */
curl_slist_free_all(recipients);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
_getch();
}
return 0;
}
When I compile and run this, I see a black screen for a milisecond or so, then nothing, no email sent, no errors, etc. I thought by adding the 'curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);' (as reccomended per libcurl's website) would display output, but nothing. So I added the '_getch()' line at the end before the return, and still the window is dissappearing.
I also tried using 'system("pause")' before the final return to no avail either. Currently is appears I need to get the readable output to further debug the problem so I can continue on and get this code to send emails.
I have also tried changing the port to 465 to no avail either.
Anyone have any idea what's going on here? Thank you for your time.