MailClient.Expunge Method

Pures the deleted emails in current selected folder on IMAP4 server.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub Expunge( _
)

[C#]
public void Expunge(
);

[C++]
public: void Expunge(
);

[JScript]
public function Expunge(
);

Remarks

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example demonstrates how to delete and pure email with EAGetMail POP3 & IMAP Component. To get the full samples of EAGetMail, please refer to Samples section.

[Visual Basic]
Imports EAGetMail

Public Sub PureMail( _
ByVal sServer As String, _
ByVal sUserName As String, _
ByVal sPassword As String, _
ByVal bSSLConnection As Boolean)
    Dim oClient As New MailClient("TryIt")
    
    Dim oServer As New MailServer(sServer, _
        sUserName, sPassword, bSSLConnection, _
        ServerAuthType.AuthLogin, ServerProtocol.Imap4)
    
    ' generates a log file
    ' oClient.LogFileName = "c:\pop.log"
    
    Try
        oClient.Connect(oServer)
        Dim infos() As MailInfo = oClient.GetMailInfos()
        Dim count As Integer = infos.Length
        
        For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
            Dim info As MailInfo = infos(i)
            oClient.Delete(info)
        Next
        '
        ' Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        ' Expunge method pure the emails from server exactly.
        oClient.Expunge()
        oClient.Logout()

    Catch ep As MailServerException
        ''Message contains the information returned by mail server
        Console.WriteLine("Server Respond: {0}", ep.Message)
    Catch ep As System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
        Console.WriteLine("Socket Error: {0}", ep.Message)
    Catch ep As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("System Error: {0}", ep.Message)
    End Try
    
    ' show the conversation between server and client.
    Console.WriteLine( oClient.Conversation )
    oClient.Close()
End Sub

[C#]
using System;
using System.Collections;
using EAGetMail;

public void PureMail( 
    string sServer, 
    string sUserName,
    string sPassword,
    bool bSSLConnection)
{
    MailClient oClient = new MailClient("TryIt");
    
    MailServer oServer  = new MailServer(sServer, 
        sUserName, sPassword, bSSLConnection, 
        ServerAuthType.AuthLogin, ServerProtocol.Imap4);
    
    // generates a log file
    // oClient.LogFileName = "c:\\pop3.log";
    
    try
    {
        oClient.Connect(oServer);
        MailInfo [] infos = oClient.GetMailInfos();
        int count = infos.Length;

        for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
        {
            MailInfo info = infos[i];
            oClient.Delete(info);
        }
    
        // Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        // Expunge method pure the emails from server exactly.
        oClient.Expunge();
        oClient.Logout();
    }
    catch( MailServerException ep ) 
    {
        //Message contains the information returned by mail server
        Console.WriteLine("Server Respond: {0}", ep.Message);
    }
    catch( System.Net.Sockets.SocketException ep ) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Socket Error: {0}", ep.Message);
    }
    catch( Exception ep ) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("System Error: {0}", ep.Message);
    }

    // show the conversation between server and client.
    Console.WriteLine( oClient.Conversation );
    oClient.Close();
}

[C++]
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace EAGetMail; 

Void PureMail( 
        String *sServer, 
        String *sUserName,
        String *sPassword,
        bool bSSLConnection)
{
    MailClient *oClient = new MailClient(S"TryIt");
    
    MailServer *oServer  = new MailServer(sServer, 
        sUserName, sPassword, bSSLConnection, 
        ServerAuthType::AuthLogin, ServerProtocol::Imap4);
    
    // generates a log file
    // oClient-> = S"c:\\pop.log";
    try
    {
        oClient->Connect(oServer);
        MailInfo *infos[]= oClient->GetMailInfos();
        int count = infos->Length;

        for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
        {
            MailInfo *info = infos[i];
            oClient->Delete(info);
        }
    
        // Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        // Expunge method pure the emails from server exactly.
        oClient->Expunge();
        oClient->Logout();
    }
    catch( MailServerException *ep ) 
    {
        //Message contains the information returned by mail server
        Console::WriteLine( S"Server Respond: {0}", ep->Message);
    }
    catch( System::Net::Sockets::SocketException *ep ) 
    {
        Console::WriteLine( S"Socket Error: {0}", ep->Message);
    }
    catch( Exception *ep ) 
    {
        Console::WriteLine( S"System Error: {0}", ep->Message);
    }
    
    // show the conversation between server and client.
    Console::WriteLine( oClient->Conversation );
    oClient->Close();
}