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

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

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap")
set imap = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids = 1
' Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
' messageSet is a Chilkat.MessageSet
Set messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Fetch the emails into a bundle object:

' bundle is a Chilkat.EmailBundle
Set bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
' Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
i = 0
numEmails = bundle.MessageCount
Do While i < numEmails
    ' email is a Chilkat.Email
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.From) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.Subject) & "</pre>"

    ' 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 <> 1) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--") & "</pre>"

    i = i + 1
Loop

success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

    Response.End
End If

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()


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