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.

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<?php

//  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
$imap = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

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

//  Turn on session logging:
$imap->KeepSessionLog = true;

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

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

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

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

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,'Deleted',1);
if ($success != true) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

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


?>