Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Delete All IMAP Email

Demonstrates two ways to delete all email in a mailbox on an IMAP server. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

'  Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = 1

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
'  Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox.RubyMail")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Get the complete set of Uids for email in the selected mailbox.
Dim messageSet As New MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",1,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Set the Deleted flag for each message.
'  (ExpungeAndClose must be called to finalize the delete.)
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Alternatively, the Deleted flag may be set for each UID
'  individiually, but this is less efficient:
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim n As Long
n = messageSet.Count
Do While i < n
    success = imap.SetFlag(messageSet.GetId(i),messageSet.HasUids,"Deleted",1)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

'  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Display the session log.
Debug.Print imap.SessionLog

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