Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox.

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<?php

//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan2");

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $mailman->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Component unlock failed' . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->MailHost = 'mail.chilkatsoft.com';

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->PopUsername = 'myLogin';
$mailman->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.
$mailman->ImmediateDelete = false;

//  Download email headers.
// bundle is a Chilkat.EmailBundle2
$bundle = $mailman->GetAllHeaders(1);

if (is_null($bundle)) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

for ($i = 0; $i <= $bundle->MessageCount - 1; $i++) {
    // email is a Chilkat.Email2
    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

    print $email->from() . "\n" . "\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\n" . "\n";

    //  If you decide the email is to be deleted, call DeleteEmail.
    //  This marks the email for deletion on the POP3 server.
    $success = $mailman->DeleteEmail($email);
    if ($success != true) {
        print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

}

//  Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
if ($success != true) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}

print 'Success!' . "\n";
?>