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.

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#include <C_CkImap.h>
#include <C_CkMessageSet.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkImap imap;
    BOOL success;
    HCkMessageSet messageSet;
    BOOL fetchUids;

    //  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
    imap = CkImap_Create();

    //  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = CkImap_UnlockComponent(imap,"Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    //  Turn on session logging:
    CkImap_putKeepSessionLog(imap,TRUE);

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = CkImap_Connect(imap,"mail.chilkatsoft.com");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = CkImap_Login(imap,"myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,"Inbox");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    fetchUids = TRUE;
    //  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
    messageSet = CkImap_Search(imap,"SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids);
    if (messageSet == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    //  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    success = CkImap_SetFlags(imap,messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    //  Expunge and close the mailbox.
    success = CkImap_ExpungeAndClose(imap);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        return;
    }

    //  Display the session log.
    printf("%s\n",CkImap_sessionLog(imap));

    //  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    CkImap_Disconnect(imap);

    CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);

    CkImap_Dispose(imap);

    }