Add and Remove Members in MS Exchange Distribution Lists in Java

readme.md

Read the complete article on how to add and remove members in MS Exchange distribution lists in Java: https://blog.aspose.com/2022/03/07/manage-members-in-exchange-distribution-lists-in-java/

add-members-to-list.java

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

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

// Create a new list and add members to be added
MailAddressCollection newMembers = new MailAddressCollection();
newMembers.add("address4@host.com");
newMembers.add("address5@host.com");

// Add new list to existing list
client.addToDistributionList(distributionLists[0], newMembers);

remove-members-from-list.java

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

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

// Fetch members of desired list
MailAddressCollection members = client.fetchDistributionList(distributionLists[0]);

// Create a new list and add members to be deleted
MailAddressCollection membersToDelete = new MailAddressCollection();
membersToDelete.addMailAddress(members.get_Item(0));
membersToDelete.addMailAddress(members.get_Item(1));

// Delete members
client.deleteFromDistributionList(distributionLists[0], membersToDelete);