Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

//  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("CkImap")

//  Turn on session logging:
loImap.KeepSessionLog = .T.

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

//  Login
llSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
llSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

llFetchUids = .T.
//  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
loMessageSet = createobject("CkMessageSet")
llSuccess = loImap.QueryMbx("SUBJECT FTP2",llFetchUids,loMessageSet)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    return
endif

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
llSuccess = loImap.SetFlags(loMessageSet,"Deleted",1)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    return
endif

//  Expunge and close the mailbox.
llSuccess = loImap.ExpungeAndClose()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    return
endif

//  Display the session log.
? loImap.SessionLog

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
llSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()


release loImap
release loMessageSet