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Expunge Deleted Messages and Close the Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.ExpungeAndClose method, which permanently removes all messages marked with \Deleted from the selected mailbox and then closes the mailbox. This example marks a message deleted and then expunges-and-closes.

Background: This combines two actions into one call: the permanent removal of \Deleted messages (see Expunge) followed by closing the mailbox (see CloseMailbox), returning the session to the authenticated-but-no-mailbox-selected state while staying connected. It's the natural way to finish working with a mailbox after cleaning it up, before selecting another or logging out.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Imap.ExpungeAndClose method, which permanently removes all messages
'  marked with \Deleted from the selected mailbox and then closes the mailbox.

set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993

success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Mark message (sequence number 1) with the \Deleted flag.
success = imap.SetFlag(1,0,"\Deleted",1)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Remove the \Deleted messages and close the mailbox in one step.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Expunged and closed the mailbox.")

success = imap.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If


outFile.Close