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Delete Email Individually (One at a time) from an IMAP Mailbox

Downloads email from an IMAP mailbox and deletes emails individually (one by one). Go

    success := false

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

    imap := chilkat.NewImap()

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.SetSsl(true)
    imap.SetPort(993)
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    fetchUids := true

    // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
    messageSet := chilkat.NewMessageSet()
    success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        return
    }

    // Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
    bundle := chilkat.NewEmailBundle()
    headersOnly := false
    success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
        return
    }

    // To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
    success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
        return
    }

    // Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
    // Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
    email := chilkat.NewEmail()
    i := 0
    numEmails := bundle.MessageCount()
    for i < numEmails {
        bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

        fmt.Println(email.From())
        fmt.Println(email.Subject())

        // To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
        // The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
        // ExpungeAndClose is called.
        success = imap.SetMailFlag(email,"Deleted",1)
        if success == false {
            fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
            imap.DisposeImap()
            messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
            bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
            email.DisposeEmail()
            return
        }

        fmt.Println("--")

        i = i + 1
    }

    success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        return
    }

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

    imap.DisposeImap()
    messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
    bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
    email.DisposeEmail()