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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
fetchUids: Boolean;
messageSet: HCkMessageSet;

begin
success := False;

//  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
imap := CkImap_Create();

//  Turn on session logging:
CkImap_putKeepSessionLog(imap,True);

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.example.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Login
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'myLogin','myPassword');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

fetchUids := True;
//  Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
messageSet := CkMessageSet_Create();
success := CkImap_QueryMbx(imap,'SUBJECT FTP2',fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success := CkImap_SetFlags(imap,messageSet,'Deleted',1);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success := CkImap_ExpungeAndClose(imap);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Display the session log.
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__sessionLog(imap));

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success := CkImap_Disconnect(imap);

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);