/// <summary>
/// Copies two items between folders in a batched call to EWS.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="service">An ExchangeService object with credentials and the EWS URL.</param>
private static void CopyManyItems(ExchangeService service)
{
// Create two items to copy copy. You can copy any item type in your Exchange mailbox.
// You will need to save these items to your Exchange mailbox before they can be copied.
EmailMessage email1 = new EmailMessage(service);
email1.Subject = "Draft email one";
email1.Body = new MessageBody(BodyType.Text, "Draft body of the mail.");
EmailMessage email2 = new EmailMessage(service);
email2.Subject = "Draft email two";
email1.Body = new MessageBody(BodyType.Text, "Draft body of the mail.");
Collection <EmailMessage> messages = new Collection <EmailMessage>();
messages.Add(email1);
messages.Add(email2);
try
{
// This results in a CreateItem call to EWS. The items are created on the server.
// The response contains the item identifiers of the newly created items. The items on the client
// now have item identifiers, which are needed to make a copy.
ServiceResponseCollection <ServiceResponse> responses = service.CreateItems(messages, WellKnownFolderName.Drafts, MessageDisposition.SaveOnly, null);
if (responses.OverallResult == ServiceResult.Success)
{
Console.WriteLine("Successfully created items to be copied.");
}
else
{
throw new Exception("The batch creation of the email message draft items was not successful.");
}
}
catch (ServiceResponseException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", ex.Message);
}
// Get item identifiers of the items to be copied in a batch operation.
Collection <ItemId> itemIds = new Collection <ItemId>();
foreach (EmailMessage email in messages)
{
itemIds.Add(email.Id);
}
try
{
// You can create copies of items in a batch request. This will result in a CopyItem call to EWS.
// Unlike the EmailMessage.Copy method, the batch request takes a collection of item identifiers
// that identify the items that will be copied. This example makes a copy of the items in the DeletedItems folder.
ServiceResponseCollection <MoveCopyItemResponse> responses = service.CopyItems(itemIds, WellKnownFolderName.DeletedItems);
if (responses.OverallResult == ServiceResult.Success)
{
Console.WriteLine("Successfully created copies of the items.");
}
else
{
throw new Exception("The batch copy of the email message items was not successful.");
}
}
catch (ServiceResponseException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
