Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email.

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//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
bool success;
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show("Component unlock failed");
    return;
}

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com";

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "matt@chilkatsoft.com";
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword";

//  Set the ImmediateDelete property = false
//  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 = false;

Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = null;
//  Download email headers.  This example will delete some
//  emails based on the Subject:
bundle = mailman.GetAllHeaders(1);

if (bundle == null ) {
    MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int i;
Chilkat.Email email = null;
for (i = 0; i <= bundle.MessageCount - 1; i++) {
    email = bundle.GetEmail(i);

    textBox1.Text += email.From + "\r\n" + "\r\n";
    textBox1.Text += email.Subject + "\r\n" + "\r\n";

    //  
// If the subject contains "SPAM" delete the email on the server.
    if (email.Subject.Contains("SPAM")) {

    //  Delete this email.
    success = mailman.DeleteEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  
}

}

//  Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession();
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText);
}

MessageBox.Show("Success!");