(Ruby) 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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require 'chilkat'

# 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.
imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()

# Turn on session logging:
imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true)

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
imap.put_Ssl(true)
imap.put_Port(993)
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

fetchUids = true
# Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
# messageSet is a CkMessageSet
messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids)
if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Display the session log.
print imap.sessionLog() + "\n";

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()