Xojo Plugin

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

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

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
Dim fetchUids As Boolean
fetchUids = True

// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
Dim messageSet As New Chilkat.MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
Dim bundle As New Chilkat.EmailBundle
Dim headersOnly As Boolean
headersOnly = False
success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
// Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
Dim numEmails As Int32
numEmails = bundle.MessageCount
While i < numEmails
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    System.DebugLog(email.From)
    System.DebugLog(email.Subject)

    // To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    // The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    // ExpungeAndClose is called.
    success = imap.SetMailFlag(email,"Deleted",1)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

    System.DebugLog("--")

    i = i + 1
Wend

success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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