Add and Remove Members from MS Exchange Distribution Lists in C#

readme.md

Read the complete article on how to add or remove members from MS Exchange Distribution lists in C# .NET: https://blog.aspose.com/2022/04/07/manage-members-in-exchange-distribution-list-in-csharp/

add-members-to-list.cs

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

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

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

// Merge members to list
client.AddToDistributionList(distributionLists[0], newMembers);

remove-members-from-list.cs

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

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

// Fetch members from a specific list
MailAddressCollection members = client.FetchDistributionList(distributionLists[0]);

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

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