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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require 'chilkat'

#  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()

#  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
end

#  Turn on session logging:
imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true)

#  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

fetchUids = true
#  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids)
if (messageSet == nil )
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Display the session log.
print imap.sessionLog() + "\n";

#  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect()