B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

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Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim imap As ChilkatImap
imap.Initialize("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 Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin", "myPassword")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
Dim fetchUids As Boolean = True
Dim messageSet As ChilkatMessageSet
messageSet.Initialize
success = imap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025", fetchUids, messageSet)
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
Dim i As Int = 0
Dim count As Int = messageSet.Count
Dim headerOnly As Boolean = True

Do While i < count
    success = imap.FetchEmail(headerOnly, messageSet.GetId(i), True, email)
    If success = False Then
        Log(imap.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    Log(email.LocalDateStr)
    Log(email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
Loop

'  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet, "Deleted", 1)
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect