How to search last 1 hour mail in mailkit

To search for emails sent or received in the last 1 hour using MailKit, you can use the Search method of the IMailClient interface and specify a SearchQuery object with a DateTime range.

Here's an example:

using MailKit.Net.Smtp;
using MailKit.Search;
using MailKit.Search.Query;

// Assume you have an IMailClient instance named 'client'

DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
DateTime oneHourAgo = now.AddHours(-1);

SearchQuery query = new SearchQuery();
query.AddTerm(new ReceivedRangeQuery(now, now));
query.AddTerm(new SentRangeQuery(now, now));

IMessageSummary[] results = client.Search(query);

foreach (IMessageSummary summary in results)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Subject: {summary.Subject}, From: {summary.From}, Date: {summary.Date}");
}

In this example, we create a SearchQuery object and add two terms:

ReceivedRangeQuery: This term searches for emails received within the specified date range. We set the from date to oneHourAgo and the to date to now, which means we're searching for emails received in the last 1 hour.
SentRangeQuery: This term searches for emails sent within the specified date range. We set the from date to oneHourAgo and the to date to now, which means we're searching for emails sent in the last 1 hour.

We then pass this SearchQuery object to the Search method of the IMailClient interface, which returns an array of IMessageSummary objects representing the search results.

Note that the Search method returns a snapshot of the search results at the time the search was performed. If you want to get the latest emails, you may need to use a different approach, such as using a Mailbox object and calling its GetMessages method with a DateTime range.

Also, keep in mind that the Search method may return a large number of results, so you may want to consider using pagination or filtering the results to reduce the number of messages returned.

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How to search last 1 hour mail in mailkit