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 Perl Module

use chilkat;

#  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
$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 = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$fetchUids = 1;
#  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
$messageSet = $imap->Search("SUBJECT FTP2",$fetchUids);
if ($messageSet eq null ) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,"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();