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<p>mail::ACCOUNT::login — Open a new mail account</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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#include <libmail/sync.H><br clear="none"/>
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mail::ACCOUNT *mail=new mail::ACCOUNT;<br clear="none"/>
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mail::account::openInfo accountOpenInfo;<br clear="none"/>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><code class="funcdef">bool
ok=mail-><b class="fsfunc">login</b>(</code></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><var class="pdparam">accountOpenInfo</var><code>)</code>;</td>
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std::string errmsg=mail->getErrmsg();<br clear="none"/></p>
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<h2>USAGE</h2>
<p><code class="function">mail::ACCOUNT::login</code> opens a
new mail account. The mail account's location is specified by
<em class="parameter"><code>accountOpenInfo</code></em>. See
<a class="link" href="mail-open.html" title="mail::account::open" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::account::open</span>(3x)</span></a> for
the description of the parameters set by <em class="parameter"><code>accountOpenInfo</code></em>.</p>
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<p>This method returns <code class="literal">true</code> if
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fails. If the method fails, use <em class="structfield"><code>mail::ACCOUNT::getErrmsg()</code></em> to
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<p>The object must be destroyed if <code class="function">mail::ACCOUNT::login</code> fails. A new
<span class="structname">mail::ACCOUNT</span> object must
be created for another login attempt.</p>
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<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><a class="link" href="account-logout.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::logout" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::logout</span>(3x)</span></a>,
<a class="link" href="mail-loginurlencode.html" title="mail::loginUrlEncode" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::loginUrlEncode</span>(3x)</span></a>,
<a class="link" href="mail-setappcharset.html" title="mail::setAppCharset" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::setAppCharset</span>(3x)</span></a>.</p>
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