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Asked: 2026-05-11T19:18:15+00:00

I am writing/learning to fetch email using java from an IMAP folder using javax.mail

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I am writing/learning to fetch email using java from an IMAP folder using javax.mail package. I was successfully able to retrieve the last n messages in a Folder, however I am looking to build an example to retrieve messages since a specified date. Any examples?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could also use the SearchTerm classes in the java mail package.

    SearchTerm olderThan = new ReceivedDateTerm(ComparisonTerm.LT, someFutureDate);
SearchTerm newerThan = new ReceivedDateTerm(ComparisonTerm.GT, somePastDate);
SearchTerm andTerm = new AndTerm(olderThan, newerThan);
inbox.search(andTerm);

    Some combination of the above should prove to be a better way to get dates within a certain range.

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