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(Perl) 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.
use chilkat(); $success = 0; # This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. # See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. $imap = chilkat::CkImap->new(); # Connect to an IMAP server. # Use TLS $imap->put_Ssl(1); $imap->put_Port(993); # Use your IMAP server domain. This example $success = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com"); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # Login $success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword"); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # Select an IMAP mailbox $success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox"); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025 $fetchUids = 1; $messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new(); $success = $imap->QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",$fetchUids,$messageSet); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted.. $email = chilkat::CkEmail->new(); $i = 0; $count = $messageSet->get_Count(); $headerOnly = 1; while ($i < $count) { $success = $imap->FetchEmail($headerOnly,$messageSet->GetId($i),1,$email); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } print $email->localDateStr() . "\r\n"; print $email->subject() . "\r\n"; $i = $i + 1; } # Set the Deleted flag for each message: $success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,"Deleted",1); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # Expunge and close the mailbox. $success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose(); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # Disconnect from the IMAP server. $success = $imap->Disconnect(); |
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