(Lianja) 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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// 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.someMailServer.com")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

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

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

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

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

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

// Display the session log.
? loImap.SessionLog

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

release loMessageSet


release loImap