Create Exchange Distribution List in Java

readme.md

Read the complete article on how to create and fetch distribution lists from MS Exchange Server in Java: https://blog.aspose.com/2022/04/07/create-exchange-distribution-list-in-java/

create-distribution-list.java

// Connect to Exchange Server
IEWSClient client = EWSClient.getEWSClient("https://outlook.office365.com/ews/exchange.asmx", "testUser", "pwd", "domain");

// Instantiate list
ExchangeDistributionList distributionList = new ExchangeDistributionList();

// Set display name
distributionList.setDisplayName("test private list");

// Add members to list
MailAddressCollection members = new MailAddressCollection();
members.add("address1@host.com");
members.add("address2@host.com");
members.add("address3@host.com");

// Create list
client.createDistributionList(distributionList, members);

fetch-distribution-list.java

// Connect to Exchange Server
IEWSClient client = EWSClient.getEWSClient("https://outlook.office365.com/ews/exchange.asmx", "testUser", "pwd", "domain");

// Get all lists
ExchangeDistributionList[] distributionLists = client.listDistributionLists();

// Loop through each list and fetch members
for (ExchangeDistributionList distributionList : distributionLists) {
    MailAddressCollection members = client.fetchDistributionList(distributionList);
    for (MailAddress member : (Iterable<MailAddress>) members) {
        System.out.println(member.getAddress());
    }
}