From 208604be4f4dc97ca07adf61863263d449b1072c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Antonio J. Delgado" <ad@susurrando.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:57:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Restrict more the dates

---
 backup_imap/backup_imap.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backup_imap/backup_imap.py b/backup_imap/backup_imap.py
index 45c3d7c..93c7193 100644
--- a/backup_imap/backup_imap.py
+++ b/backup_imap/backup_imap.py
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ class BackupImap:
             os.mkdir(mailbox_path)
         current = time.gmtime()
         # One year at a time because big mailboxes will take all memory due to Python IMAP library memory handling
+        previous_year=1970
         for year in range(current.tm_year-10, current.tm_year+1):
-            search_response, search_data = self.imap.search('UTF-8', f'(BEFORE "1-Jan-{year}")')
+            search_response, search_data = self.imap.search('UTF-8', f'(SINCE "1-Jan-{previous_year}" BEFORE "1-Jan-{year}")')
+            previous_year = year
             if search_response == 'OK':
                 all_msgs_uids = search_data[0].split()
                 self._log.debug(