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MAIL::LOGINURLENCODE(3x)

NAME
mail::loginUrlEncode - Create a mail account URL

SYNOPSIS

#include <libmail/mail.H>

std::string url=mail::loginUrlEncode(std::string method, std::string server, std::string uid, std::string password);

USAGE

This utility function creates a URL, suitable for mail::account::open(3x), for opening a mail account on a remote server.

method is one of the supported libmail network protocols: "imap", "imaps", "pop3", "pop3s", "nntp", "nntps", "smtp", or "smtps". server is the remote server name. The server name is optionally appended by a colon and a port number, to specify a non-default port for the protocol.

uid identifies the mail account's login id. With "smtp", or "smtps", uid specifies the userid for authenticated ESMTP. The password is optional. mail::account::open(3x) accepts a separate password parameter. This password should be an empty string, so that the resulting URL does not include the password. The real password is then passed as a parameter to mail::account::open(3x). As an alternative, this password parameter can be initialized. The resulting URL will include the password, and the the password parameter to mail::account::open(3x). should be set to an empty string.

  Options

Additional protocol options are specified by prefixing each option with the forward-slash character, "/", and appending all options to server (after any optional protocol port number).

RETURN CODES

This function returns the resulting URL.

SEE ALSO

mail::account::open(3x), mail::loginUrlEncode(3x).

AUTHOR

Sam Varshavchik