Node.js

Delete Email Individually (One at a time) from an IMAP Mailbox

Downloads email from an IMAP mailbox and deletes emails individually (one by one). Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    var fetchUids = true;

    // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
    var messageSet = new chilkat.MessageSet();
    success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
    var bundle = new chilkat.EmailBundle();
    var headersOnly = false;
    success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
    success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
    // Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    var i = 0;
    var numEmails = bundle.MessageCount;
    while (i < numEmails) {
        bundle.EmailAt(i,email);

        console.log(email.From);
        console.log(email.Subject);

        // To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
        // The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
        // ExpungeAndClose is called.
        success = imap.SetMailFlag(email,"Deleted",1);
        if (success == false) {
            console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        console.log("--");

        i = i+1;
    }

    success = imap.ExpungeAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

}

chilkatExample();