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Deleting emails on specific folder - Java + GMAIL
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//IMPORTANT: check the image attached in comment or below for gmail settings | |
//sample of method call: deleteEmails("[Gmail]/Sent Mail", username, password); | |
public static void deleteEmails(String folder, String user, String password) { | |
String imapHost = "imap.gmail.com"; | |
String storeType = "imaps"; | |
// get the session object | |
try { | |
Properties properties = new Properties(); | |
properties.put("mail.store.protocol", storeType); | |
properties.put("mail.imaps.host", imapHost); | |
properties.put("mail.imaps.port","993"); | |
properties.put("mail.imaps.auth","true"); | |
properties.put("mail.imaps.ssl.trust","*"); | |
properties.put("mail.imaps.starttls.enable", "true"); | |
Session emailSession = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties); | |
Store store = emailSession.getStore(storeType); | |
store.connect(imapHost, user, password); | |
Folder[] f = store.getDefaultFolder().list(); | |
for(Folder fd:f) { | |
Folder[] fc = fd.list(); | |
for (Folder fc1 : fc) { | |
System.out.println(fc1); | |
} | |
} | |
Folder emailFolder = store.getFolder(folder); | |
emailFolder.open(Folder.READ_WRITE); | |
/*Use this to check all folder | |
Message[] messages = emailFolder.getMessages(); | |
System.out.println("MESSAGES: " + messages.length); | |
for (int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) { | |
Message message = messages[i]; | |
message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true); | |
} | |
*/ | |
//closes all messages marked deleted | |
emailFolder.close(true); | |
store.close(); | |
Util.notif("Emails deleted successfully..."); | |
} catch (Exception ex) { | |
Util.notif("Problem deleting emails..."); | |
ex.printStackTrace(); | |
} | |
} |
Author
doppelgunner
commented
Jul 8, 2017
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