Android™

IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

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Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    // Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
    boolean fetchUids = true;
    CkMessageSet messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
    success = imap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    int i = 0;
    int count = messageSet.get_Count();
    boolean headerOnly = true;

    while (i < count) {
        success = imap.FetchEmail(headerOnly,messageSet.GetId(i),true,email);
        if (success == false) {
            Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        Log.i(TAG, email.localDateStr());
        Log.i(TAG, email.subject());

        i = i + 1;
        }

    // Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Expunge and close the mailbox.
    success = imap.ExpungeAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}