Imap Command to delete a mail message with a message ID

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Hi,

I need help to delete a mail message based on some condition in c#.

i found something like below on some search on internet-

imap.Command("copy " + ids[i].ToString() + " [Gmail]/" + action_flag);

this seems to be copying it to some folder, not delete.

Is there any way to delete the message using message id. my code is-

MessageCollection idsDel = inbox.SearchParse("SEEN BEFORE " + dtDeletebeforeDate + " FROM GOURAV");

int[] ids = inbox.Search("SEEN BEFORE " + dtDeletebeforeDate + " FROM GOURAV");

C#

if (idsDel.Count > 0)
                       {

                           Message msg = null;

                           for (var i = 0; i < idsDel.Count; i++)
                           {
                               msg = inbox.Fetch.MessageObject(ids[i]);
                               if (msg.MessageId == idsDel[i].MessageId)
                               {
                                   imap.Command(


                                   break;
                               }
                           }


                       }

is there any way to use something in command directly to delete the message?

Posted 13-Nov-13 1:05am

gouravkaila

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Bernhard Hiller · Answer 1 · 2013-11-13T20:42:00

You have to store the message, and the call expunge.
The store command looks like:

C#

_CommandText = string.Format("{0} STORE {1} +FLAGS (\\DELETED)\r\n", CommandPrefix, sequenceNumber);

with CommandPrefix being the number of the call, and sequenceNumber the number of the mail message
The expunge command looks like:

C#

_CommandText = string.Format("{0} EXPUNGE\r\n", CommandPrefix);