Unable to delete e-mails from Gmail using POP3

Question

I've deleted all messages from my Gmail mailbox using the following code:

Pop3 client = new Pop3(); 
client.Connect("pop.gmail.com", Pop3.DefaultImplicitSslPort, null, Pop3Security.Implicit);
client.Login("username", "password");
Pop3MessageCollection messages = client.GetMessageList(Pop3ListFields.FullHeaders);
Console.WriteLine("Processsing {0} messages...", messages.Count);
foreach (Pop3MessageInfo msg in messages)
    client.Delete(msg.SequenceNumber);
client.Disconnect();

The first execution successfully processes all messages, any next execution finds no message in my POP3 mailbox.

However, when I connect to the Gmail through their web pages, the deleted messages are still visible in my Inbox.

Accepted Answer

1	You have to specify on Gmail what to do with messages deleted through POP3 protocol. Log to your account on www.gmail.com and change the settings according to following instructions: link answered 04 Apr '11, 14:24 Jan Sotola ♦♦ 356●6 accept rate: 36%

Unable to delete e-mails from Gmail using POP3

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