Question

I am working on a client that access an Exchange Web Service via a web reference. (not the Managed API). This is the first time I’m worked with EWS so I hope its just a simple mistake that I overlooked.

I have a method called MoveItem that is supposed to take email message and move it from the Inbox to destinationFolder. When I run this code, the item does disappear from the Inbox however it never shows up in the destination folder. I’ve spent a couple of days looking at examples online and I’ve also not been able to find anyone else that has had a similar issue. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance

Scott

static void MoveItem(ExchangeServiceBinding esb, BaseFolderType destinationFolder, MessageType msg)
{
ItemIdType[] items = new ItemIdType[1] { (ItemIdType)msg.ItemId };
BaseFolderIdType destFolder = destinationFolder.FolderId;
MoveItemType request = new MoveItemType();
request.ItemIds = items;
request.ToFolderId = new TargetFolderIdType();
request.ToFolderId.Item = destFolder;

try
{
     MoveItemResponseType response = esb.MoveItem(request);
     ArrayOfResponseMessagesType aormt = response.ResponseMessages;
     ResponseMessageType[] rmta = aormt.Items;

    foreach (ResponseMessageType rmt in rmta)
    {
        if (rmt.ResponseClass == ResponseClassType.Error)
        {
              throw new Exception("Item move failed.");
        }
    }
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}

}

Answer 1

Definitely not an expert here, but this is the following code I used to grab an item and move it into a folder:

        Folder rootfolder = Folder.Bind(service, WellKnownFolderName.MsgFolderRoot);
        rootfolder.Load();

        foreach (Folder folder in rootfolder.FindFolders(new FolderView(100)))
        {
            // Finds the emails in a certain folder, in this case the Junk Email
            FindItemsResults<Item> findResults = service.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.JunkEmail, new ItemView(10));

            // Enter your destination folder name below this:
            if (folder.DisplayName == "Example")
            {
                // Stores the Folder ID in a variable
                var fid = folder.Id;
                Console.WriteLine(fid);
                foreach (Item item in findResults.Items)
                {
                    // Load the email, move it to the specified folder
                    item.Load();
                    item.Move(fid);
                }

            }
        }

One thing about the EWS is that when moving to a folder, the ID of the folder is key. In this example, I first find the folders in the inbox, then access the messages. Therefore, any code regarding the individual message would go after the folders have been found.