Node.js

IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

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Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;
    // Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
    var fetchUids = true;
    var messageSet = new chilkat.MessageSet();
    success = imap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    var i = 0;
    var count = messageSet.Count;
    var headerOnly = true;

    while (i < count) {
        success = imap.FetchEmail(headerOnly,messageSet.GetId(i),true,email);
        if (success == false) {
            console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        console.log(email.LocalDateStr);
        console.log(email.Subject);

        i = i+1;
    }

    // Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Expunge and close the mailbox.
    success = imap.ExpungeAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();

}

chilkatExample();