(Visual FoxPro) Delete IMAP Email

To delete an email, the "Deleted" flag must be set to 1 for each message to be deleted. You must also call Expunge or ExpungeAndClose to remove the emails marked as deleted.

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LOCAL loImap
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loMessageSet
LOCAL lnFetchUids

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

* This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
loImap = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap')

* Turn on session logging:
loImap.KeepSessionLog = 1

* Connect to an IMAP server.
* Use TLS
loImap.Ssl = 1
loImap.Port = 993
lnSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Login
lnSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Select an IMAP mailbox
lnSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnFetchUids = 1
* Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
loMessageSet = loImap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",lnFetchUids)
IF (loImap.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Set the Deleted flag for each message:
lnSuccess = loImap.SetFlags(loMessageSet,"Deleted",1)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Expunge and close the mailbox.
lnSuccess = loImap.ExpungeAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Display the session log.
? loImap.SessionLog

* Disconnect from the IMAP server.
lnSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()

RELEASE loMessageSet

RELEASE loImap