Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Delete a Bundle of POP3 Messages

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.DeleteBundle method, which deletes POP3 messages using the UIDLs stored in the X-UIDL headers of the Email objects in an EmailBundle. An email without an X-UIDL header is skipped. This example fetches all messages and deletes them.

Background: DeleteBundle is the batch version of DeleteEmail: it marks every message in a downloaded bundle for deletion in one call. A typical "download and clear the mailbox" workflow is to fetch all messages, process them, then delete the whole bundle. Because a bundle can be filtered or built selectively, you can also delete just the subset you no longer need. The deletions commit when the POP3 session ends.

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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.MailMan,
  Chilkat.EmailBundle;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mailman: TMailMan;
  bundle: TEmailBundle;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the MailMan.DeleteBundle method, which deletes POP3 messages using the UIDLs
  //  stored in the X-UIDL headers of the Email objects in an EmailBundle.  An email without an
  //  X-UIDL header is skipped.

  mailman := TMailMan.Create;

  //  Configure the POP3 server connection.
  mailman.MailHost := 'pop.example.com';
  mailman.MailPort := 995;
  mailman.PopSsl := True;
  mailman.PopUsername := 'user@example.com';
  mailman.PopPassword := 'myPassword';

  //  Fetch all messages (headers are enough; each carries an X-UIDL header).
  bundle := TEmailBundle.Create;

  success := mailman.FetchAll(True,True,0,bundle);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Delete every message in the bundle.
  success := mailman.DeleteBundle(bundle);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Unless the ImmediateDelete property is set to True, the messages are only marked for
  //  deletion.  End the POP3 session (which sends the QUIT command) to commit the deletions.
  success := mailman.Pop3EndSession();
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Deleted ' + bundle.MessageCount + ' messages from the POP3 server.');

  //  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.


  mailman.Free;
  bundle.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.