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

Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date.

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use chilkat();

# 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 = $imap->Connect("my-imap-server-domain.com");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

$fetchUids = 1;
# messageSet is a MessageSet
$messageSet = $imap->Search("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2018",$fetchUids);
if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
$i = 0;
$count = $messageSet->get_Count();
while ($i < $count) {
    # email is a Email
    $email = $imap->FetchSingleHeader($messageSet->GetId($i),1);
    if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 1) {
        print $email->subject() . "\r\n";

    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Set the Deleted flag for each message:
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,"Deleted",1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# Expunge and close the mailbox.
$success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();