https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan

Mail Framework for C Language
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan

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Mail Framework for C Language

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan
• Owner: dinhvh
• License: other
• Created: 2011-07-17T09:20:55.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-28T03:33:46.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T14:35:52.635Z (15 days ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage: www.etpan.org
• Size: 12.5 MB
• Stars: 612
• Watchers: 40
• Forks: 284
• Open Issues: 68
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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## LibEtPan

The purpose of this mail library is to provide a portable, efficient framework for different kinds of mail access: IMAP, SMTP, POP and NNTP.

It provides an API for C language.

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dinhviethoa/libetpan.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dinhviethoa/libetpan)

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## Features

- IMAP

- SMTP

- POP

- NNTP

- RFC822/MIME message builder

- RFC822/MIME message parser

- Maildir

- mbox

- MH

## Build instructions

### Unix

You need to install autoconf, automake and libtool.

They can be installed using [brew](http://brew.sh/).

    $ ./autogen.sh

    $ make

You can use flag --with-poll for using poll() instead of select() for checking connection status

### How to link with it

    $ gcc -c -o sample.o sample.c `pkg-config libetpan --cflags`

    $ gcc -o sample sample.o `pkg-config libetpan --libs`

### Mac / iOS

- Download Xcode

- Open `build-mac/libetpan.xcodeproj`

- Choose the correct target "static libetpan" for Mac or "libetpan ios" for iOS.

- Build

### Setup a Mac project

- Add `libetpan.xcodeproj` as sub-project

- Link with libetpan.a

### Setup an iOS project

- Add `libetpan.xcodeproj` as sub-project

- Link with libetpan-ios.a

- Set "Other Linker Flags": `-lsasl2`

### Build on Windows

- See README and Visual Studio Solution in build-windows folder

## More information

See http://etpan.org/libetpan.html for more information and examples.