(Lianja) Delete Email Individually (One at a time) from an IMAP Mailbox

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

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

loImap = createobject("CkImap")

// 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

// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
llFetchUids = .T.
// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
loMessageSet = loImap.Search("ALL",llFetchUids)
if (loImap.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:

loBundle = loImap.FetchBundle(loMessageSet)
if (loImap.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    release loMessageSet
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
llSuccess = loImap.SetFlags(loMessageSet,"Deleted",1)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
// Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
i = 0
lnNumEmails = loBundle.MessageCount
do while i < lnNumEmails
    loEmail = loBundle.GetEmail(i)
    ? loEmail.From
    ? loEmail.Subject

    // To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    // The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    // ExpungeAndClose is called.
    llSuccess = loImap.SetMailFlag(loEmail,"Deleted",1)
    if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
        ? loImap.LastErrorText
        release loImap
        return
    endif

    ? "--"
    release loEmail

    i = i + 1
enddo

llSuccess = loImap.ExpungeAndClose()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loMessageSet
    release loBundle
    release loImap
    return
endif

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

release loMessageSet
release loBundle


release loImap