Deleting mail permanently using java Mail
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25-12-2020 - |
Domanda
I have been using java mail to automate Gmail operations. One of the operation is to delete mail and I use following for it -
message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true);
but doing so only pushes my mails to spam folder.
I am wondering if there is a straight way to delete mail permanently instead of deleting mail from "inbox" first and then searching mails in "spam " folder and deleting them.
Soluzione
According to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78755:
If you want to delete a message from all folders, move it to the [Gmail]/Trash folder.
If you delete a message from [Gmail]/Spam or [Gmail]/Trash, it will be deleted permanently.
However, that page doesn't give any indication that your approach would move mail to the spam folder; and it implies that you should see a folder named [Gmail]/Spam
; so maybe it doesn't apply to your situation, somehow? I think you'll just have to try its approach, and see whether it works for you!
Altri suggerimenti
You told that you are trying
message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true);
did you tried
folder.close(true);
this will expunge all messages with DELETED flags.
Setting the flag to Flags.Flag.DELETED only marks the email as deleted.
You need to call
folder.expunge();
to actually expunge those emails marked as deleted.