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

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

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oImap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Imap")

; Connect to an IMAP server.
; Use TLS
$oImap.Ssl = True
$oImap.Port = 993
$bSuccess = $oImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Login
$bSuccess = $oImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Select an IMAP mailbox
$bSuccess = $oImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
Local $bFetchUids = True

; Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
$oMessageSet = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MessageSet")
$bSuccess = $oImap.QueryMbx("ALL",$bFetchUids,$oMessageSet)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
$oBundle = ObjCreate("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
Local $bHeadersOnly = False
$bSuccess = $oImap.FetchMsgSet($bHeadersOnly,$oMessageSet,$oBundle)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
$bSuccess = $oImap.SetFlags($oMessageSet,"Deleted",1)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
; Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")
Local $i = 0
Local $iNumEmails = $oBundle.MessageCount
While $i < $iNumEmails
    $oBundle.EmailAt($i,$oEmail)

    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.From & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.Subject & @CRLF)

    ; To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    ; The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    ; ExpungeAndClose is called.
    $bSuccess = $oImap.SetMailFlag($oEmail,"Deleted",1)
    If ($bSuccess = False) Then
        ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
        Exit
    EndIf

    ConsoleWrite("--" & @CRLF)

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

$bSuccess = $oImap.ExpungeAndClose()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$bSuccess = $oImap.Disconnect()