C

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. C

#include <C_CkImap.h>
#include <C_CkMessageSet.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImap imap;
    BOOL fetchUids;
    HCkMessageSet messageSet;

    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) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = CkImap_Login(imap,"myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,"Inbox");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    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) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
        return;
    }

    // Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    success = CkImap_SetFlags(imap,messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
        return;
    }

    // Expunge and close the mailbox.
    success = CkImap_ExpungeAndClose(imap);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
        return;
    }

    // Display the session log.
    printf("%s\n",CkImap_sessionLog(imap));

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


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);
    CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);

    }