(C# UWP/WinRT) Delete Email Individually (One at a time) from an IMAP Mailbox

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

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
bool success = await imap.ConnectAsync("imap.someMailServer.com");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Login
success = await imap.LoginAsync("myLogin","myPassword");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = await imap.SelectMailboxAsync("Inbox");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.MessageSet messageSet = null;
// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
bool fetchUids = true;
// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
messageSet = await imap.SearchAsync("ALL",fetchUids);
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = null;
bundle = await imap.FetchBundleAsync(messageSet);
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == false) {

    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
success = await imap.SetFlagsAsync(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
// Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
int i = 0;
int numEmails = bundle.MessageCount;
while (i < numEmails) {
    Chilkat.Email email = bundle.GetEmail(i);
    Debug.WriteLine(email.From);
    Debug.WriteLine(email.Subject);

    // To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    // The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    // ExpungeAndClose is called.
    success = await imap.SetMailFlagAsync(email,"Deleted",1);
    if (success != true) {
        Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    Debug.WriteLine("--");

    i = i + 1;
}

success = await imap.ExpungeAndCloseAsync();
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);

    return;
}

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