Upload message

The following example shows you how to upload message.

C# example

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Independentsoft.Exchange;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
            Service service = new Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential);

            try
            {
                FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo("c:\\test\\message.eml");
                byte[] buffer = new byte[fileInfo.Length];

                FileStream file = new FileStream("c:\\test\\message.eml", FileMode.Open);

                using (file)
                {
                    file.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                }

                string mimeText = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
                MimeContent mimeContent = new MimeContent(mimeText);

                Message message = new Message(mimeContent);
  
                ItemId itemId = service.CreateItem(message, StandardFolder.Drafts);
            }
            catch (ServiceRequestException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Exchange

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Dim credential As New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
            Dim service As New Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential)

            Try

                Dim fileInfo As New FileInfo("c:\test\message.eml")
                Dim buffer As Byte() = New Byte(fileInfo.Length - 1) {}

                Dim file As New FileStream("c:\test\message.eml", FileMode.Open)

                Using file
                    file.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
                End Using

                Dim mimeText As String = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer)
                Dim mimeContent As New MimeContent(mimeText)

                Dim message As New Message(mimeContent)

                Dim itemId As ItemId = service.CreateItem(message, StandardFolder.Drafts)

            Catch ex As ServiceRequestException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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