Delete IMAP Email

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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.

LOCAL loImap
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loMessageSet
LOCAL lnFetchUids

*  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
loImap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Imap')

*  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
lnSuccess = loImap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Turn on session logging:
loImap.KeepSessionLog = 1

*  Connect to an IMAP server.
lnSuccess = loImap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Login
lnSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Select an IMAP mailbox
lnSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

lnFetchUids = 1
*  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
loMessageSet = loImap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",lnFetchUids)
IF (loMessageSet = NULL ) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
lnSuccess = loImap.SetFlags(loMessageSet,"Deleted",1)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Expunge and close the mailbox.
lnSuccess = loImap.ExpungeAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loImap.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Display the session log.
? loImap.SessionLog

*  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
loImap.Disconnect()

RELEASE loMessageSet