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(Unicode C) IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.
#include <C_CkImapW.h> #include <C_CkMessageSetW.h> #include <C_CkEmailW.h> void ChilkatSample(void) { BOOL success; HCkImapW imap; BOOL fetchUids; HCkMessageSetW messageSet; HCkEmailW email; int i; int count; BOOL headerOnly; success = FALSE; // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. imap = CkImapW_Create(); // Connect to an IMAP server. // Use TLS CkImapW_putSsl(imap,TRUE); CkImapW_putPort(imap,993); // Use your IMAP server domain. This example success = CkImapW_Connect(imap,L"imap.example.com"); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); return; } // Login success = CkImapW_Login(imap,L"myLogin",L"myPassword"); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); return; } // Select an IMAP mailbox success = CkImapW_SelectMailbox(imap,L"Inbox"); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); return; } // Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025 fetchUids = TRUE; messageSet = CkMessageSetW_Create(); success = CkImapW_QueryMbx(imap,L"SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",fetchUids,messageSet); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet); return; } // If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted.. email = CkEmailW_Create(); i = 0; count = CkMessageSetW_getCount(messageSet); headerOnly = TRUE; while (i < count) { success = CkImapW_FetchEmail(imap,headerOnly,CkMessageSetW_GetId(messageSet,i),TRUE,email); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet); CkEmailW_Dispose(email); return; } wprintf(L"%s\n",CkEmailW_localDateStr(email)); wprintf(L"%s\n",CkEmailW_subject(email)); i = i + 1; } // Set the Deleted flag for each message: success = CkImapW_SetFlags(imap,messageSet,L"Deleted",1); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet); CkEmailW_Dispose(email); return; } // Expunge and close the mailbox. success = CkImapW_ExpungeAndClose(imap); if (success == FALSE) { wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap)); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet); CkEmailW_Dispose(email); return; } // Disconnect from the IMAP server. success = CkImapW_Disconnect(imap); CkImapW_Dispose(imap); CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet); CkEmailW_Dispose(email); } |
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