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(Visual FoxPro) IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.
LOCAL lnSuccess LOCAL loImap LOCAL lnFetchUids LOCAL loMessageSet LOCAL loEmail LOCAL i LOCAL lnCount LOCAL lnHeaderOnly lnSuccess = 0 * This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. * See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. loImap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Imap') * Connect to an IMAP server. * Use TLS loImap.Ssl = 1 loImap.Port = 993 * Use your IMAP server domain. This example lnSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com") IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap CANCEL ENDIF * Login lnSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword") IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap CANCEL ENDIF * Select an IMAP mailbox lnSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox") IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap CANCEL ENDIF * Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025 lnFetchUids = 1 loMessageSet = CreateObject('Chilkat.MessageSet') lnSuccess = loImap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",lnFetchUids,loMessageSet) IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap RELEASE loMessageSet CANCEL ENDIF * If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted.. loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email') i = 0 lnCount = loMessageSet.Count lnHeaderOnly = 1 DO WHILE i < lnCount lnSuccess = loImap.FetchEmail(lnHeaderOnly,loMessageSet.GetId(i),1,loEmail) IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap RELEASE loMessageSet RELEASE loEmail CANCEL ENDIF ? loEmail.LocalDateStr ? loEmail.Subject i = i + 1 ENDDO * Set the Deleted flag for each message: lnSuccess = loImap.SetFlags(loMessageSet,"Deleted",1) IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap RELEASE loMessageSet RELEASE loEmail CANCEL ENDIF * Expunge and close the mailbox. lnSuccess = loImap.ExpungeAndClose() IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN ? loImap.LastErrorText RELEASE loImap RELEASE loMessageSet RELEASE loEmail CANCEL ENDIF * Disconnect from the IMAP server. lnSuccess = loImap.Disconnect() RELEASE loImap RELEASE loMessageSet RELEASE loEmail |
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