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curl_easy_setopt: Added pop3 to CURLOPT_URL.

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Added pop3 username and password example as well as an explanation of
how path part of the URL is used under pop3.

Additionally have corrected a couple of typos.
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Steve Holme 2011-10-21 22:59:50 +01:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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@ -615,10 +615,11 @@ It is also possible to specify the user name and password as part of the
host, for some protocols, when connecting to servers that require
authentication.
HTTP and FTP support this type of authentication as follows:
For exammple the following types of authentication support this:
http://name:password@www.domain.com
ftp://name:password@ftp.domain.com
http://user:password@www.domain.com
ftp://user:password@ftp.domain.com
pop3://user:password@mail.domain.com
The port is optional and when not specified libcurl will use the default port
based on the determined or specified protocol: 80 for http, 21 for ftp and 25
@ -693,6 +694,15 @@ sends your local computer's host name in the HELO / EHLO command.
smtp://mail.domain.com/client.domain.com - This will send client.domain.com in
the HELO / EHLO command to the mail server at domain.com.
.B POP3
The path part of a POP3 request specifies the mailbox (message) to retrieve.
If the mailbox is not specified then a list of waiting messages is returned
instead.
pop3://user:password@mail.domain.com - This lists the available messages
pop3://user:password@mail.domain.com/1 - This retrieves the first message
.B SCP
The path part of an SCP request specifies the file to retrieve and from what
@ -717,7 +727,8 @@ the directory listing for the root / home directory will be returned.
If the user name is not embedded in the URL, it can be set with the
\fICURLOPT_USERPWD\fP or \fBCURLOPT_USERNAME\fP option.
sftp://user:pass@example.com/etc/issue - This specifies the file /etc/issue
sftp://user:password@example.com/etc/issue - This specifies the file
/etc/issue
sftp://user@example.com/~/my-file - This specifies the file my-file in the
user's home directory