Dart Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

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Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date. Dart

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

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

  final imap = CkImap();

  // Connect to an IMAP server.
  // Use TLS
  imap.ssl = true;
  imap.port = 993;
  // Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
  try {
    imap.connect('imap.example.com');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Login
  try {
    imap.login('myLogin', 'myPassword');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Select an IMAP mailbox
  try {
    imap.selectMailbox('Inbox');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2025
  final fetchUids = true;
  final messageSet = CkMessageSet();
  try {
    imap.queryMbx('SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2025', fetchUids, messageSet);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
  final email = CkEmail();
  var i = 0;
  final count = messageSet.count;
  final headerOnly = true;

  while (i < count) {
    try {
      imap.fetchEmail(headerOnly, messageSet.getId(i), true, email);
    } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
      print(e.lastErrorText);
      return;
    }

    print(email.localDateStr);
    print(email.subject);

    i++;
  }

  // Set the Deleted flag for each message:
  try {
    imap.setFlags(messageSet, 'Deleted', 1);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Expunge and close the mailbox.
  try {
    imap.expungeAndClose();
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
  imap.disconnect();
}