Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL nFetchUids
LOCAL oMessageSet

nSuccess := 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.
oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

//  Turn on session logging:
oImap:KeepSessionLog := 1

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
oImap:Ssl := 1
oImap:Port := 993
nSuccess := oImap:Connect("imap.example.com")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Login
nSuccess := oImap:Login("myLogin", "myPassword")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
nSuccess := oImap:SelectMailbox("Inbox")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nFetchUids := 1
//  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
oMessageSet := CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
nSuccess := oImap:QueryMbx("SUBJECT FTP2", nFetchUids, oMessageSet)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
nSuccess := oImap:SetFlags(oMessageSet, "Deleted", 1)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Expunge and close the mailbox.
nSuccess := oImap:ExpungeAndClose()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Display the session log.
? oImap:SessionLog

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
nSuccess := oImap:Disconnect()

oImap:destroy()
oMessageSet:destroy()