Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox.

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX

LOCAL loMailman
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loBundle
LOCAL i
LOCAL loEmail

*  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
*  and sending (SMTP) email.
loMailman = CreateObject('Chilkat.MailMan2')

*  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.

lnSuccess = loMailman.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX("Component unlock failed")
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Set the POP3 server's hostname
loMailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"

*  Set the POP3 login/password.
loMailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
loMailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

*  Set the ImmediateDelete property = 0
*  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.
loMailman.ImmediateDelete = 0

*  Download email headers.
loBundle = loMailman.GetAllHeaders(1)

IF (loBundle = NULL ) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loMailman.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

FOR i = 0 TO loBundle.MessageCount - 1
    loEmail = loBundle.GetEmail(i)

    ? loEmail.From + CHR(13)+CHR(10)
    ? loEmail.Subject + CHR(13)+CHR(10)

    *  If you decide the email is to be deleted, call DeleteEmail.
    *  This marks the email for deletion on the POP3 server.
    lnSuccess = loMailman.DeleteEmail(loEmail)
    IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
        =MESSAGEBOX(loMailman.LastErrorText)
        QUIT
    ENDIF

    RELEASE loEmail
NEXT

*  Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
lnSuccess = loMailman.Pop3EndSession()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loMailman.LastErrorText)
ENDIF

RELEASE loBundle

=MESSAGEBOX("Success!")