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

bool success;

//  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = true;

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.MessageSet messageSet = null;
bool fetchUids;
fetchUids = true;
//  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids);
if (messageSet == null ) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose();
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Display the session log.
textBox1.Text += imap.SessionLog + "\r\n";

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