(Xojo Plugin) IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date.

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

Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
// Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
Dim success As Boolean
success = imap.Connect("my-imap-server-domain.com")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2018
Dim messageSet As Chilkat.MessageSet
Dim fetchUids As Boolean
fetchUids = True
messageSet = imap.Search("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2018",fetchUids)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
Dim count As Int32
count = messageSet.Count
While i < count
    Dim email As Chilkat.Email
    email = imap.FetchSingleHeader(messageSet.GetId(i),True)
    If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
        System.DebugLog(email.Subject)

    End If

    i = i + 1
Wend

// Set the Deleted flag for each message:
success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)

    Return
End If

// Expunge and close the mailbox.
success = imap.ExpungeAndClose()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)

    Return
End If

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