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Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; 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.
$oMailman = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MailMan")

; Set the POP3 server's hostname
$oMailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

; Set the POP3 login/password.
$oMailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
$oMailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

; Set the ImmediateDelete property = False
; 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.
$oMailman.ImmediateDelete = False

; Download email headers.  
$oBundle = ObjCreate("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
Local $bKeepOnServer = True
Local $bHeadersOnly = True
Local $iNumBodyLines = 1
$bSuccess = $oMailman.FetchAll($bKeepOnServer,$bHeadersOnly,$iNumBodyLines,$oBundle)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oMailman.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")
Local $i = 0
While $i < $oBundle.MessageCount
    $oBundle.EmailAt($i,$oEmail)

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

    ; If you decide the email is to be deleted, call DeleteEmail.
    ; This marks the email for deletion on the POP3 server.
    $bSuccess = $oMailman.DeleteEmail($oEmail)
    If ($bSuccess = False) Then
        ConsoleWrite($oMailman.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
        Exit
    EndIf

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

; Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
$bSuccess = $oMailman.Pop3EndSession()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oMailman.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success!" & @CRLF)