List and manipulate messages on Exchange Server

The following example shows how you can use GemBox.Email to list the first 10 messages from an Exchange server, print the body of unread messages, and mark them as read.

using GemBox.Email;
using GemBox.Email.Exchange;
using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

        // Create a new Exchange client.
        var exchangeClient = new ExchangeClient("<HOST> (e.g. https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx)");
        exchangeClient.Authenticate("<USERNAME>", "<PASSWORD>");

        // List the first ten messages in the Inbox folder.
        var messageInfos = exchangeClient.ListMessages("Inbox", 0, 10);

        foreach (ExchangeMessageInfo messageInfo in messageInfos)
        {
            if (!messageInfo.IsRead)
            {
                // Get the full mail message.
                var mailMessage = exchangeClient.GetMessage(messageInfo.ExchangeMessageId);
                Console.WriteLine("From: " + string.Join(", ", mailMessage.From));
                Console.WriteLine(mailMessage.BodyHtml);
                Console.WriteLine();

                // Mark message as read.
                exchangeClient.MarkMessageAsRead(messageInfo.ExchangeMessageId);
            }
        }
    }
}
Imports GemBox.Email
Imports GemBox.Email.Exchange
Imports System

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")

        ' Create a new Exchange client.
        Dim exchangeClient = New ExchangeClient("<HOST> (e.g. https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx)")
        exchangeClient.Authenticate("<USERNAME>", "<PASSWORD>")

        ' List the first ten messages in the Inbox folder.
        Dim messageInfos = exchangeClient.ListMessages("Inbox", 0, 10)

        For Each messageInfo As ExchangeMessageInfo In messageInfos
            If Not messageInfo.IsRead Then

                ' Get the full mail message.
                Dim mailMessage = exchangeClient.GetMessage(messageInfo.ExchangeMessageId)
                Console.WriteLine("From: " + String.Join(", ", mailMessage.From))
                Console.WriteLine(mailMessage.BodyHtml)
                Console.WriteLine()

                ' Mark message as read.
                exchangeClient.MarkMessageAsRead(messageInfo.ExchangeMessageId)
            End If
        Next

    End Sub
End Module
Mail messages listed with GemBox.Email
Screenshot of mail messages listed with GemBox.Email

You can use the ExchangeClient.ListMessages method to list messages in a folder and the ExchangeClient.GetMessage method to obtain more information about a given message.

You can manipulate existing messages by using one of the following methods:

See also


Next steps

GemBox.Email is a .NET component that enables you to read, write, receive, and send emails from your .NET applications using one simple API.

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