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

Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoImap
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vMessageSet
    Handle hoMessageSet
    Boolean iFetchUids
    Integer i
    Integer iCount
    Variant vEmail
    Handle hoEmail
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatImap)) To hoImap
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoImap))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoImap
    End

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    Set ComSsl Of hoImap To True
    Set ComPort Of hoImap To 993
    // Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
    Get ComConnect Of hoImap "my-imap-server-domain.com" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Login
    Get ComLogin Of hoImap "myLogin" "myPassword" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    Get ComSelectMailbox Of hoImap "Inbox" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2018

    Move True To iFetchUids
    Get ComSearch Of hoImap "SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2018" iFetchUids To vMessageSet
    If (IsComObject(vMessageSet)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatMessageSet)) To hoMessageSet
        Set pvComObject Of hoMessageSet To vMessageSet
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoImap To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
    Move 0 To i
    Get ComCount Of hoMessageSet To iCount
    While (i < iCount)
        Get ComGetId Of hoMessageSet i To iTemp1
        Get ComFetchSingleHeader Of hoImap iTemp1 True To vEmail
        If (IsComObject(vEmail)) Begin
            Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmail)) To hoEmail
            Set pvComObject Of hoEmail To vEmail
        End
        Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoImap To bTemp1
        If (bTemp1 = True) Begin
            Get ComSubject Of hoEmail To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1
            Send Destroy of hoEmail
        End

        Move (i + 1) To i
    Loop

    // Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    Get ComSetFlags Of hoImap vMessageSet "Deleted" 1 To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Send Destroy of hoMessageSet
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Expunge and close the mailbox.
    Get ComExpungeAndClose Of hoImap To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Send Destroy of hoMessageSet
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    Get ComDisconnect Of hoImap To iSuccess

    Send Destroy of hoMessageSet


End_Procedure