(Xojo Plugin) Delete IMAP Email

To delete an email, the "Deleted" flag must be set to 1 for each message to be deleted. You must also call Expunge or ExpungeAndClose to remove the emails marked as deleted.

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

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

// This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

// Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = True

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim fetchUids As Boolean
fetchUids = True
// Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
Dim messageSet As New Chilkat.MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Display the session log.
System.DebugLog(imap.SessionLog)

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