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(Tcl) 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.
load ./chilkat.dll set success 0 # This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. # See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. set imap [new_CkImap] # Connect to an IMAP server. # Use TLS CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1 CkImap_put_Port $imap 993 # Use your IMAP server domain. This example set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap exit } # Login set success [CkImap_Login $imap "myLogin" "myPassword"] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap exit } # Select an IMAP mailbox set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap exit } # Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025 set fetchUids 1 set messageSet [new_CkMessageSet] set success [CkImap_QueryMbx $imap "SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025" $fetchUids $messageSet] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet exit } # If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted.. set email [new_CkEmail] set i 0 set count [CkMessageSet_get_Count $messageSet] set headerOnly 1 while {$i < $count} { set success [CkImap_FetchEmail $imap $headerOnly [CkMessageSet_GetId $messageSet $i] 1 $email] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet delete_CkEmail $email exit } puts [CkEmail_localDateStr $email] puts [CkEmail_subject $email] set i [expr $i + 1] } # Set the Deleted flag for each message: set success [CkImap_SetFlags $imap $messageSet "Deleted" 1] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet delete_CkEmail $email exit } # Expunge and close the mailbox. set success [CkImap_ExpungeAndClose $imap] if {$success == 0} then { puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap] delete_CkImap $imap delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet delete_CkEmail $email exit } # Disconnect from the IMAP server. set success [CkImap_Disconnect $imap] delete_CkImap $imap delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet delete_CkEmail $email |
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