Perl

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

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

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$imap = chilkat::CkImap->new();

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = 1;

# Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
$messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx("ALL",$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
$bundle = chilkat::CkEmailBundle->new();
$headersOnly = 0;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,"Deleted",1);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
# Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->get_MessageCount();
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\r\n";

    # To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    # The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    # ExpungeAndClose is called.
    $success = $imap->SetMailFlag($email,"Deleted",1);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    print "--" . "\r\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();