Example of how to delete a message from mail server

Question How does you delete a message from the mail server?
Derived from a unanswered question originally posed by Benjamin Alejandro Rodriguez Rengifo
Topics Java:API:JavaMail:IMAP4, Java:API:JavaMail:POP3
Author John Zukowski
Created 23-feb-00 Modified 25-jul-00
Answer
The basic process of deleting a message is to call Setflag () on the and set the Flags.Flag.DELETED Flag to True.
Message.setflag (Flags.Flag.DELETED, true);
Then, when you close the folder, deleted messages'll be removed.
Be sure to open the folder for Read/write access:
Folder.open (Folder.read_write);
The following program demonstrates listing the "all" and prompting for deletion:
Import java.io.*;
Import javax.mail.*;
Import javax.mail.internet.*;
public class Deletemessageexample {
public static void Main (String args[]) throws Exception {
String host = Args[0];
String username = args[1];
String password = args[2];
Get sessions
Session session = Session.getinstance (
System.getproperties (), NULL);
Get the Store
Store store = Session.getstore ("POP3");
Store.connect (host, username, password);
Get folder
Folder folder = Store.getfolder ("INBOX");
Folder.open (Folder.read_write);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader (
New InputStreamReader (system.in));
Get directory
Message message[] = Folder.getmessages ();