Delete IMAP Email

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

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.

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

'  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

'  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = 1

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

fetchUids = 1
'  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
Set messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids)
If (messageSet Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

'  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Display the session log.
outFile.WriteLine(imap.SessionLog)

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect 


outFile.Close