(PowerBuilder) IMAP Delete Old Email (before a specified date)

Demonstrates how to delete email older than a particular date.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Imap
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_MessageSet
integer li_FetchUids
integer i
integer li_Count
oleobject loo_Email

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

loo_Imap = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Imap.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Imap
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
loo_Imap.Ssl = 1
loo_Imap.Port = 993
// Use your IMAP server domain.  This example 
li_Success = loo_Imap.Connect("my-imap-server-domain.com")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Login
li_Success = loo_Imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Select an IMAP mailbox
li_Success = loo_Imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Get message ID's for emails older than 1/1/2018

li_FetchUids = 1
loo_MessageSet = loo_Imap.Search("SENTBEFORE 01-Jan-2018",li_FetchUids)
if loo_Imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// If desired, we can examine the Subject of each email to be deleted..
i = 0
li_Count = loo_MessageSet.Count
do while i < li_Count
    loo_Email = loo_Imap.FetchSingleHeader(loo_MessageSet.GetId(i),1)
    if loo_Imap.LastMethodSuccess = 1 then
        Write-Debug loo_Email.Subject
        destroy loo_Email
    end if

    i = i + 1
loop

// Set the Deleted flag for each message:
li_Success = loo_Imap.SetFlags(loo_MessageSet,"Deleted",1)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_MessageSet
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Expunge and close the mailbox.
li_Success = loo_Imap.ExpungeAndClose()
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_MessageSet
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
li_Success = loo_Imap.Disconnect()

destroy loo_MessageSet


destroy loo_Imap