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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'  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap()

Dim success As Boolean

'  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = true

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim messageSet As Chilkat.MessageSet
Dim fetchUids As Boolean
fetchUids = true
'  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids)
If (messageSet Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Display the session log.
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & imap.SessionLog & vbCrLf

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