Purge Method

Purge all messages marked for deletion.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

Public Function Purge() As ImapResponse()

Dim instance As Mailbox
Dim value() As ImapResponse
 
value = instance.Purge()

public ImapResponse[] Purge()

public: ImapResponse*[]* Purge();

public:
array<ImapResponse^>^ Purge();

Return Value

An ImapResponse object encapsulating the response from the server.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
ProtocolException	Bad IMAP protocol response received from server.
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException

Remarks

Purges all messages marked for deletion (ImapMessage.Deleted == true). This method uses the IMAP EXPUNGE command to delete all marked messages. Not normally used because marked messages are automatically deleted when the mailbox is closed or another mailbox is selected.

Reference

Mailbox Class
Mailbox Members