Delphi DLL 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. Delphi DLL

var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
fetchUids: Boolean;
messageSet: HCkMessageSet;
email: HCkEmail;
i: Integer;
count: Integer;
headerOnly: Boolean;

begin
success := False;

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

imap := CkImap_Create();

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
//  Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.example.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Login
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'myLogin','myPassword');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
fetchUids := True;
messageSet := CkMessageSet_Create();
success := CkImap_QueryMbx(imap,'SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025',fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
email := CkEmail_Create();
i := 0;
count := CkMessageSet_getCount(messageSet);
headerOnly := True;

while i < count do
  begin
    success := CkImap_FetchEmail(imap,headerOnly,CkMessageSet_GetId(messageSet,i),True,email);
    if (success = False) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
        Exit;
      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__localDateStr(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__subject(email));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

//  Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success := CkImap_SetFlags(imap,messageSet,'Deleted',1);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Expunge and close the mailbox.
success := CkImap_ExpungeAndClose(imap);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

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

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);