Unselects the currently selected folder and removes all messages having \Deleted flag set from the folder.

Return Value

true if the folder was unselected successfully; otherwise, false.

Remarks

To avoid expunging messages marked as deleted, the developer should not call this method and simply close the connection with Disconnect method. Another way is to select a different folder or simply unselect the current folder using Close(false) call.

To expunge messages marked as deleted without unselecting the current folder, Expunge method should be called.

Exceptions

Example

This sample marks the first message in Sent folder as deleted, and then closes this folder expunging deleted messages.

[C#]
using System;
using MailBee;
using MailBee.ImapMail;

class Sample
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Imap imp = new Imap();

        // Connect to the server and log in the account.
        imp.Connect("imap.company.com");
        imp.Login("jdoe", "secret");

        // Select Sent folder.
        imp.SelectFolder("Sent");

        // Mark message #1 as deleted.
        imp.SetMessageFlags("1", false,
            SystemMessageFlags.Deleted, MessageFlagAction.Add);

        // Close the folder and expunge deleted messages.
        imp.Close();

        // Disconnect from the server.
        imp.Disconnect();
    }
}

[Visual Basic]
Imports System
Imports MailBee
Imports MailBee.ImapMail

Module Sample
    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
        ' The actual code (put it into a method of your class)
        Dim imp As New Imap

        ' Connect to the server and log in the account.
        imp.Connect("imap4.company.com")
        imp.Login("jdoe@company.com", "secret")

        ' Select Sent folder.
        imp.SelectFolder("Sent")

        ' Mark message #1 as deleted.
        imp.SetMessageFlags("1", False, _
            SystemMessageFlags.Deleted, MessageFlagAction.Add)

        ' Close the folder and expunge deleted messages.
        imp.Close()

        ' Disconnect from the server.
        imp.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

See Also

Imap Class | MailBee.ImapMail Namespace | Imap.Close Overload List | Disconnect | Expunge

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