(Perl) Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox.

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use chilkat();

#  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
#  and sending (SMTP) email.
$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $mailman->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Component unlock failed" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.someMailServer.com");

#  Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->put_PopUsername("myLogin");
$mailman->put_PopPassword("myPassword");

#  Set the ImmediateDelete property = 0
#  When the DeleteEmail method is called, the POP3 session
#  will remain open and the emails will be deleted all at once
#  when the session closes.
$mailman->put_ImmediateDelete(0);

#  Download email headers.
# bundle is a EmailBundle
$bundle = $mailman->GetAllHeaders(1);

if ($bundle eq null ) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

for ($i = 0; $i <= $bundle->get_MessageCount() - 1; $i++) {
    # email is a Email
    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

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

    #  If you decide the email is to be deleted, call DeleteEmail.
    #  This marks the email for deletion on the POP3 server.
    $success = $mailman->DeleteEmail($email);
    if ($success != 1) {
        print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

}

#  Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}

print "Success!" . "\r\n";