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.

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

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