(Perl) Delete Individual Emails from POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to delete individual emails from a POP3 mailbox.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

# The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
# and sending (SMTP) email.
$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.someMailServer.com");

# Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->put_PopUsername("myLogin");
$mailman->put_PopPassword("myPassword");

# Set the ImmediateDelete property = 0
# When the DeleteEmail method is called, the POP3 session
# will remain open and the emails will be deleted all at once
# when the session closes.
$mailman->put_ImmediateDelete(0);

# Download email headers.  
$bundle = chilkat::CkEmailBundle->new();
$keepOnServer = 1;
$headersOnly = 1;
$numBodyLines = 1;
$success = $mailman->FetchAll($keepOnServer,$headersOnly,$numBodyLines,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->get_MessageCount()) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print "From: " . $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "Subject: " . $email->subject() . "\r\n";

    # If you decide the email is to be deleted, call DeleteEmail.
    # This marks the email for deletion on the POP3 server.
    $success = $mailman->DeleteEmail($email);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Make sure the POP3 session is ended to finalize the deletes.
$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success!" . "\r\n";