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Delete a POP3 Message via an Email Object

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.DeleteEmail method, which deletes a POP3 message using the UIDL stored in the X-UIDL header of an Email object. The email must contain an X-UIDL header, which it does after being fetched from the server. This example fetches a message and then deletes it.

Background: When Chilkat downloads a POP3 message it records the server UIDL in an X-UIDL header on the Email object. DeleteEmail uses that header to tell the server which message to remove — a natural "process then delete" flow: fetch a message, act on it, then delete it. As always in POP3, the deletion is only committed when the session ends (unless ImmediateDelete is set).

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#include <CkMailMan.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the MailMan.DeleteEmail method, which deletes a POP3 message using the UIDL
    //  stored in the X-UIDL header of an Email object.  The email must contain an X-UIDL header
    //  (as it does after being fetched from the server).

    CkMailMan mailman;

    //  Configure the POP3 server connection.
    mailman.put_MailHost("pop.example.com");
    mailman.put_MailPort(995);
    mailman.put_PopSsl(true);
    mailman.put_PopUsername("user@example.com");
    mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword");

    //  Fetch a message (headers are enough; the X-UIDL header identifies it on the server).
    CkEmail email;

    success = mailman.FetchOne(true,0,1,email);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Delete that message using its X-UIDL header.
    success = mailman.DeleteEmail(email);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Unless the ImmediateDelete property is set to true, the message is only marked for
    //  deletion.  End the POP3 session (which sends the QUIT command) to commit the deletion.
    success = mailman.Pop3EndSession();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Deleted the email from the POP3 server." << "\r\n";

    //  Note: Explicitly connecting/authenticating is optional.  Chilkat MailMan automatically
    //  connects and authenticates -- using the property settings above -- whenever a server
    //  operation requires it.  Calling the explicit connect/authenticate methods can still be
    //  helpful to determine whether a failure occurs while connecting or while authenticating.
    }