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 Java Library

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    //  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    boolean success;

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

    //  Turn on session logging:
    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkMessageSet messageSet;
    boolean fetchUids;
    fetchUids = true;
    //  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
    messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids);
    if (messageSet == null ) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Expunge and close the mailbox.
    success = imap.ExpungeAndClose();
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Display the session log.
    System.out.println(imap.sessionLog());

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


  }
}