(Visual Basic 6.0) 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.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim fetchUids As Long
fetchUids = 1
' Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
Dim messageSet As New MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' 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()