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IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

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Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oImap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Imap")

; Connect to an IMAP server.
; Use TLS
$oImap.Ssl = True
$oImap.Port = 993
; Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
$bSuccess = $oImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Login
$bSuccess = $oImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Select an IMAP mailbox
$bSuccess = $oImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
Local $bFetchUids = True
$oMessageSet = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MessageSet")
$bSuccess = $oImap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",$bFetchUids,$oMessageSet)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")
Local $i = 0
Local $iCount = $oMessageSet.Count
Local $bHeaderOnly = True

While $i < $iCount
    $bSuccess = $oImap.FetchEmail($bHeaderOnly,$oMessageSet.GetId($i),True,$oEmail)
    If ($bSuccess = False) Then
        ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
        Exit
    EndIf

    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.LocalDateStr & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oEmail.Subject & @CRLF)

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

; Set the Deleted flag for each message:
$bSuccess = $oImap.SetFlags($oMessageSet,"Deleted",1)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Expunge and close the mailbox.
$bSuccess = $oImap.ExpungeAndClose()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$bSuccess = $oImap.Disconnect()