How delete multipal mail by imap_delete

To delete multiple emails using IMAP's DELETE command, you can use the imap_delete function in your programming language of choice. Here's a general outline of the steps:

Connect to the IMAP server using the imap_open function.
Select the mailbox you want to delete emails from using the imap_select function.
Use the imap_search function to find the emails you want to delete. This will return a list of message numbers.
Loop through the list of message numbers and use the imap_delete function to delete each email.

Here's an example in Python using the imaplib library:

import imaplib
import email

# Connect to the IMAP server
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
mail.login('[email protected]', 'your_password')
mail.select('inbox')

# Search for emails with a specific subject
status, messages = mail.search(None, '(SUBJECT "your_subject")')
messages = messages[0].split()

# Delete each email
for message in messages:
    status, response = mail.store(message, '+FLAGS', '\\Deleted')
    print(f"Deleted email {message}")

# Expunge the deleted emails
status, response = mail.expunge()
print(f"Expunged {len(response)} emails")

# Close the IMAP connection
mail.close()
mail.logout()

In this example, we connect to the IMAP server, select the inbox mailbox, search for emails with a specific subject, and then delete each email using the imap_delete function. Finally, we expunge the deleted emails and close the IMAP connection.

Note that the imap_delete function takes two arguments: the message number and the flags to set. In this case, we're setting the \\Deleted flag to mark the email for deletion. The expunge function is used to actually delete the emails from the mailbox.

Make sure to replace the placeholders ([email protected], your_password, and your_subject) with your actual email address, password, and subject.

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How delete multipal mail by imap_delete