Delete All IMAP Email

Demonstrates two ways to delete all email in a mailbox on an IMAP server.

Chilkat Module for Perl 5.8.*

Chilkat Module for Perl 5.10.*

use chilkat;


$imap = new chilkat::CkImap();

#  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
$success = $imap->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Turn on session logging:
$imap->put_KeepSessionLog(1);

#  Connect to an IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox.RubyMail");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Get the complete set of Uids for email in the selected mailbox.
$messageSet = $imap->GetAllUids();
if ($messageSet eq null ) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Set the Deleted flag for each message.
#  (ExpungeAndClose must be called to finalize the delete.)
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,"Deleted",1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Alternatively, the Deleted flag may be set for each UID
#  individiually, but this is less efficient:

$n = $messageSet->get_Count();
for ($i = 0; $i <= $n - 1; $i++) {
    $success = $imap->SetFlag($messageSet->GetId($i),$messageSet->get_HasUids(),"Deleted",1);
    if ($success != 1) {
        print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

}

#  Expunge and close the mailbox.
$success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Display the session log.
print $imap->sessionLog() . "\r\n";

#  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$imap->Disconnect();