gbulkdelete.py

#!usr/bin/python
import os
import email
import imaplib
from operator import itemgetter

username = 'myemail@gmail.com'
password = 'mypass'

imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com")
imap.login(username, password)

def read_mailboxes():
    res, mailboxes = imap.list()
    if res != 'OK':
        raise Exception(res)
    return [ m.split('"/"')[-1].replace('"', '').strip() for m in mailboxes ]

def select_mailbox(options):
    os.system('clear')
    selection = None
    sorted_options = sorted(options.items(), key=itemgetter(0))

    for idx,o in enumerate(sorted_options):
        if o[1]:
            print('[%s] (*) %s ' % (idx, o[0]))
        else:
            print('[%s] () %s ' % (idx, o[0]))
    print('[done] Purge selected mailboxes')

    while not selection:
        selection = raw_input("Toggle mailbox/label to purge: ") 

    if selection == 'done':
        return [ o for o in options if options[o] ]

    try:
        name = sorted_options[int(selection)][0]
        options[name] = not options[name]
        return select_mailbox(options)
    except:
        print("Invalid choice")
        sleep(1)
        return select_mailbox(options)

mailbox_names = select_mailbox({ k:False for k in read_mailboxes() })

for m in mailbox_names:
    print('purging %s...' % m)
    success = 0
    while success == 0:
        try:
            imap.select(m)
            imap.store("1:*",'+X-GM-LABELS', '\\Trash')
            success = 1
        except:
            print('sysfail, restarting %s purge' % m)
            imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com")
            imap.login(username, password)

print('\ndone')