Tcl

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

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

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set imap [new_CkImap]

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993
set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Login
set success [CkImap_Login $imap "myLogin" "myPassword"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
set fetchUids 1

# Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
set messageSet [new_CkMessageSet]

set success [CkImap_QueryMbx $imap "ALL" $fetchUids $messageSet]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    exit
}

# Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
set bundle [new_CkEmailBundle]

set headersOnly 0
set success [CkImap_FetchMsgSet $imap $headersOnly $messageSet $bundle]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
    exit
}

# To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
set success [CkImap_SetFlags $imap $messageSet "Deleted" 1]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
    exit
}

# Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
# Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
set email [new_CkEmail]

set i 0
set numEmails [CkEmailBundle_get_MessageCount $bundle]
while {$i < $numEmails} {
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt $bundle $i $email

    puts [CkEmail_from $email]
    puts [CkEmail_subject $email]

    # To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    # The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    # ExpungeAndClose is called.
    set success [CkImap_SetMailFlag $imap $email "Deleted" 1]
    if {$success == 0} then {
        puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
        delete_CkImap $imap
        delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
        delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
        delete_CkEmail $email
        exit
    }

    puts "--"

    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

set success [CkImap_ExpungeAndClose $imap]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
set success [CkImap_Disconnect $imap]

delete_CkImap $imap
delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
delete_CkEmail $email