(Classic ASP) Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox.

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

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success = 0

' 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.
set mailman = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

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

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

' Set the ImmediateDelete property = 0
' 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 = 0

' Download email headers.  
set bundle = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
keepOnServer = 1
headersOnly = 1
numBodyLines = 1
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
i = 0
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "From: " & email.From) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Subject: " & email.Subject) & "</pre>"

    ' 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 = 0) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success!") & "</pre>"

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