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(VBScript) 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.
Dim fso, outFile Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file. Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True) success = 0 ' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. ' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. set imap = CreateObject("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) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If ' Login success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword") If (success = 0) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If ' Select an IMAP mailbox success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox") If (success = 0) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If ' Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025 fetchUids = 1 set messageSet = CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet") success = imap.QueryMbx("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025",fetchUids,messageSet) If (success = 0) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If ' If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted.. set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email") i = 0 count = messageSet.Count headerOnly = 1 Do While i < count success = imap.FetchEmail(headerOnly,messageSet.GetId(i),1,email) If (success = 0) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If outFile.WriteLine(email.LocalDateStr) outFile.WriteLine(email.Subject) i = i + 1 Loop ' Set the Deleted flag for each message: success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1) If (success = 0) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If ' Expunge and close the mailbox. success = imap.ExpungeAndClose() If (success = 0) Then outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText) WScript.Quit End If ' Disconnect from the IMAP server. success = imap.Disconnect() outFile.Close |
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