Objective-C

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. Objective-C

#import <CkoImap.h>
#import <CkoMessageSet.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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.
CkoImap *imap = [[CkoImap alloc] init];

//  Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = YES;

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
imap.Ssl = YES;
imap.Port = [NSNumber numberWithInt:993];
success = [imap Connect: @"imap.example.com"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Login
success = [imap Login: @"myLogin" password: @"myPassword"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = [imap SelectMailbox: @"Inbox"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

BOOL fetchUids = YES;
//  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
CkoMessageSet *messageSet = [[CkoMessageSet alloc] init];
success = [imap QueryMbx: @"SUBJECT FTP2" bUid: fetchUids msgSet: messageSet];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = [imap SetFlags: messageSet flagName: @"Deleted" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 1]];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = [imap ExpungeAndClose];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Display the session log.
NSLog(@"%@",imap.SessionLog);

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = [imap Disconnect];