Delphi DLL

Delete IMAP Email

To delete an email, the "Deleted" flag must be set to 1 for each message to be deleted. You must also call Expunge or ExpungeAndClose to remove the emails marked as deleted. Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Imap, MessageSet;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
fetchUids: Boolean;
messageSet: HCkMessageSet;

begin
success := False;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
imap := CkImap_Create();

// Turn on session logging:
CkImap_putKeepSessionLog(imap,True);

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.example.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Login
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'myLogin','myPassword');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

fetchUids := True;
// Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
messageSet := CkMessageSet_Create();
success := CkImap_QueryMbx(imap,'SUBJECT FTP2',fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success := CkImap_SetFlags(imap,messageSet,'Deleted',1);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Expunge and close the mailbox.
success := CkImap_ExpungeAndClose(imap);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Display the session log.
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__sessionLog(imap));

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success := CkImap_Disconnect(imap);

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);

end;