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instance method

Net::POPMail#delete

delete

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.0.5/lib/net/pop.rb, line 858
def delete
  @command.dele @number
  @deleted = true
end

Marks a message for deletion on the server. Deletion does not actually occur until the end of the session; deletion may be cancelled for all marked messages by calling POP3#reset().

This method raises a POPError if an error occurs.

Example

POP3.start('pop.example.com', 110,
           'YourAccount', 'YourPassword') do |pop|
  n = 1
  pop.mails.each do |popmail|
    File.open("inbox/#{n}", 'w') do |f|
      f.write popmail.pop
    end
    popmail.delete         ####
    n += 1
  end
end