VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
'  and sending (SMTP) email.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

'  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

'  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

'  Set the ImmediateDelete property = False
'  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.ImmediateDelete = False

'  Download email headers.  
Dim bundle As New Chilkat.EmailBundle
Dim keepOnServer As Boolean = True
Dim headersOnly As Boolean = True
Dim numBodyLines As Integer = 1
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
Dim i As Integer = 0
While i < bundle.MessageCount
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email)


    Debug.WriteLine("From: " & email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    '  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 = False) Then
        Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
        Exit Sub
    End If


    i = i + 1
End While

'  Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success!")