(Visual Basic 6.0) 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.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
' Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
Dim fetchUids As Long
fetchUids = 1
Dim messageSet As New MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count As Long
count = messageSet.Count
Dim headerOnly As Long
headerOnly = 1

Do While i < count
    success = imap.FetchEmail(headerOnly,messageSet.GetId(i),1,email)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    Debug.Print email.LocalDateStr
    Debug.Print email.Subject

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()