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(PHP ActiveX) 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.
<?php $success = 0; // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. $imap = new COM("Chilkat.Imap"); // 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) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } // Login $success = $imap->Login('myLogin','myPassword'); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } // Select an IMAP mailbox $success = $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox'); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } // Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025 $fetchUids = 1; $messageSet = new COM("Chilkat.MessageSet"); $success = $imap->QueryMbx('SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025',$fetchUids,$messageSet); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } // If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted.. $email = new COM("Chilkat.Email"); $i = 0; $count = $messageSet->Count; $headerOnly = 1; while ($i < $count) { $success = $imap->FetchEmail($headerOnly,$messageSet->GetId($i),1,$email); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } print $email->LocalDateStr . "\n"; print $email->Subject . "\n"; $i = $i + 1; } // Set the Deleted flag for each message: $success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,'Deleted',1); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } // Expunge and close the mailbox. $success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose(); if ($success == 0) { print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n"; exit; } // Disconnect from the IMAP server. $success = $imap->Disconnect(); ?> |
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