(Classic ASP) Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox.

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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.

' The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
' and sending (SMTP) email.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan")
set mailman = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

' Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.someMailServer.com"

' Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

' Set the ImmediateDelete property = 0
' When the DeleteEmail method is called, the POP3 session
' will remain open and the emails will be deleted all at once
' when the session closes.
mailman.ImmediateDelete = 0

' Download email headers.  
' bundle is a Chilkat.EmailBundle
Set bundle = mailman.GetAllHeaders(1)
If (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

i = 0

Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    ' email is a Chilkat.Email
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "From: " & email.From) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Subject: " & email.Subject) & "</pre>"

    ' If you decide the email is to be deleted, call DeleteEmail.
    ' This marks the email for deletion on the POP3 server.
    success = mailman.DeleteEmail(email)
    If (success <> 1) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
End If

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

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