MailClient.Expunge Method

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

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub Expunge( _
)

Public Async Function ExpungeAsync( _
)As Task

[C#]
public void Expunge(
);

public async Task ExpungeAsync(
);

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

[JScript]
public function Expunge(
);

Remarks

Example

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

[VB - Expunge emails]
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports EAGetMail

Public Class TestClass
    Public Sub ExpungeMail(server As String, user As String, password As String, useSsl As Boolean)

        Try
            ' Most modern email server require SSL/TLS connection, 
            ' set useSsl to true Is recommended.
            Dim oServer As New MailServer(server, user, password, useSsl,
                        ServerAuthType.AuthLogin, ServerProtocol.Imap4)

            ' IMAP4 port Is 143,  IMAP4 SSL port Is 993.
            oServer.Port = If(useSsl, 993, 143)

            Console.WriteLine("Connecting server ...")
            Dim oClient As New MailClient("TryIt")
            oClient.Connect(oServer)

            Console.WriteLine("Retrieving email list ...")
            Dim infos() As MailInfo = oClient.GetMailInfos()

            Console.WriteLine("Total {0} email(s)", infos.Length)

            For i As Integer = 0 To infos.Length - 1
                Dim info As MailInfo = infos(i)

                ' Mark email as deleted on server.
                Console.WriteLine("Deleting ... {0}/{1}", i + 1, infos.Length)
                oClient.Delete(info)
            Next

            Console.WriteLine("Disconnecting ...")
            ' Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
            ' Expunge method expunge the emails from server permanently.
            oClient.Expunge()

            oClient.Logout()
            Console.WriteLine("Completed!")
        Catch ep As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", ep.Message)
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class


[C# - Expunge emails]
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text;
using EAGetMail;

class TestClass
{
    public void ExpungeMail(string server, string user, string password, bool useSsl)
    {
        try
        {
            // Most modern email server require SSL/TLS connection, 
            // set useSsl to true is recommended.
            MailServer oServer = new MailServer(server, user, password, useSsl,
                ServerAuthType.AuthLogin, ServerProtocol.Imap4);

            // IMAP4 port is 143,  IMAP4 SSL port is 993.
            oServer.Port = (useSsl) ? 993 : 143;

            Console.WriteLine("Connecting server ...");

            MailClient oClient = new MailClient("TryIt");
            oClient.Connect(oServer);

            Console.WriteLine("Retreiving email list ...");
            MailInfo[] infos = oClient.GetMailInfos();

            Console.WriteLine("Total {0} email(s)", infos.Length);

            for (int i = 0; i < infos.Length; i++)
            {
                MailInfo info = infos[i];

                // Mark the email as deleted on server.
                Console.WriteLine("Deleting ... {0}/{1}", i + 1, infos.Length);
                oClient.Delete(info);
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Disconnecting ...");
            // Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
            // Expunge method expunge the emails from server permanently.
            oClient.Expunge();

            oClient.Logout();
            Console.WriteLine("Completed!");
        }
        catch (Exception ep)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", ep.Message);
        }
    }
}


[C++/CLI - Expunge emails]
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace EAGetMail; //add EAGetMail namespace

void ExpungeMail(String ^server, String ^user, String ^password, bool useSsl)
{
    try
    {
        // Most modern email server require SSL/TLS connection, 
        // set useSsl to true is recommended.
        MailServer ^oServer = gcnew MailServer(server, user, password, useSsl,
            ServerAuthType::AuthLogin, ServerProtocol::Imap4);

        // IMAP4 port is 143,  IMAP4 SSL port is 993.
        oServer->Port = (useSsl) ? 993 : 143;

        Console::WriteLine("Connecting server ...");

        MailClient ^oClient = gcnew MailClient("TryIt");
        oClient->Connect(oServer);
        
        Console::WriteLine("Retreiving email list ...");
        array<MailInfo^>^infos = oClient->GetMailInfos();

        Console::WriteLine("Total {0} email(s)", infos->Length);

        for (int i = 0; i < infos->Length; i++)
        {
            MailInfo ^info = infos[i];
           
            // Mark email as deleted on server.
            Console::WriteLine("Deleting ... {0}/{1}", i + 1, infos->Length);
            oClient->Delete(info);
        }
        
        Console::WriteLine("Disconnecting ...");
        // Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        // Expunge method expunge the emails from server permanently.
        oClient->Expunge();
        
        oClient->Logout();
        Console::WriteLine("Completed!");
    }
    catch (Exception ^ep)
    {
        Console::WriteLine("Error: {0}", ep->Message);
    }
}

See Also

MailClient.Delete Method
MailClient.Reset Method