(AutoIt) IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date.

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; 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 
Local $bSuccess = $oImap.Connect("my-imap-server-domain.com")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

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

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

; Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2018
Local $oMessageSet
Local $bFetchUids = True
$oMessageSet = $oImap.Search("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2018",$bFetchUids)
If ($oImap.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
Local $i = 0
Local $iCount = $oMessageSet.Count
While $i < $iCount
Local $oEmail = $oImap.FetchSingleHeader($oMessageSet.GetId($i),True)
    If ($oImap.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
        ConsoleWrite($oEmail.Subject & @CRLF)

    EndIf

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

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

    Exit
EndIf

; Expunge and close the mailbox.
$bSuccess = $oImap.ExpungeAndClose()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)

    Exit
EndIf

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