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Delete IMAP Email

Description​

The Delete IMAP Email activity deletes an email from an IMAP mailbox using a configured Email Server connection.

Common settings​

Use Process Data to bind supported inputs to workflow values or upstream outputs. See Common Activity Features for shared execution, error-handling, and output-persistence settings. Availability depends on the activity.

Design-Time Configuration​

Display Text​

The name displayed for this activity in the workflow.

Connection Name​

The IMAP connection used to authenticate and connect to the target mailbox.

Mail Folder​

The mailbox folder that contains the email to be deleted (example: INBOX, Sent, Drafts). Default value is INBOX.

Message Identifier​

The unique IMAP message identifier (UID) of the email to delete. Use the MessageId output from the Read IMAP Email activity.

Execution settings​

Configure Wait All Incoming when execution paths converge, and On Error for failure handling. Select Inherit where available to use the workflow-level error policy.

Output​

Deleted Email​

Returns the deleted email details (if found), including:

  • From
  • To
  • Subject
  • TextBody
  • HtmlBody
  • ReceivedAt
  • MessageId
  • InternalId
  • Attachments

Example: Use a read result​

Read messages with Read IMAP Email and iterate over Emails. Bind the current email's MessageId to Message Identifier. Use the same connection and mail folder that produced the message.

Delete only after the business processing that requires the message has completed.

Do not bind InternalId: it contains the Internet Message-ID header rather than the mailbox lookup key. See Message identifiers. An invalid UID, inaccessible folder, or failed message lookup raises an activity error.

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