Question

i am able to retrieve lists of contacts for specified mailboxes using exchange web services. my issue is that some of the contacts returned have been deleted by the outlook user, and i need to determine which ones. how can i do this?

all the examples i’ve seen online use this method, but never for contacts.

i have tried setting the Traversal property of the ItemView variable to SoftDeleted, but that does not return anything.

below is the pertinent portion of my code:

ItemView itemViewDeleted = new ItemView(100);

itemViewDeleted.Traversal = ItemTraversal.SoftDeleted;

FindItemsResults<Item> deletedItems = svc.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Contacts, itemViewDeleted);

Answer 1

You need to check the WellKnownFolderName.DeletedItems folder. That is where my contacts go when I delete them.

There are (3) ways to delete a Contact. See TechNet for Exchange terminology reference.

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1. Delete (moved to Deleted Items folder – WellKnownFolderName.DeletedItems)
2. Soft Delete (moved to Recoverable Items folder – WellKnownFolderName.RecoverableItemsDeletions)
3. Hard Delete (purged from mailbox – WellKnownFolderName.RecoverableItemsPurges)