c# programmatically reading emails from the Exchange server

Question

When you search on web you will find very easy answers for "How to read emails programmatically"... Al the websites are explaining most of the same like this page. http://omegacoder.com/?p=454

// depends from Exchange server version      
        service.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("MDR", "password", "zzz");
        service.AutodiscoverUrl("[email protected]");
        object o = service.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox, new ItemView(10));
        FindItemsResults<Item> findResults = service.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox, new ItemView(10));
        foreach (Item item in findResults.Items)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(item.Subject);
        }

it fails when it executes the autodiscoverURL line. The error says "The Autodiscover service couldn't be located."

So I googled further and found this site from Microsoft https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/#&&/wEXAQUBcwUBME93h2+JjI0+MV2gTqcRL0g43z9m Here you can test your mail server.... When I pass the parameters I get the error below....

But I still don't understand what the problem is? Do I need to add a record to DNS ? Can someone help?

Attempting to test potential Autodiscover URL https://autodiscover.zzz.be/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
 Testing of this potential Autodiscover URL failed.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.ncb.be in DNS.
 The host name resolved successfully.
 Additional Details
 IP addresses returned: 213.246.192.205

Testing TCP port 443 on host autodiscover.ncb.be to ensure it's listening and open.
 The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the expected response.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
 Additional Details
 A network error occurred while communicating with the remote host.
Exception details:
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 213.246.192.205:443
Type: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
Stack trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.TcpPortTest.PerformTestReally()




Attempting to contact the Autodiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
 The attempt to contact Autodiscover using the HTTP Redirect method failed.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.zzz.be in DNS.
 The host name resolved successfully.
 Additional Details
 IP addresses returned: 213.246.192.205

Testing TCP port 80 on host autodiscover.zzz.be to ensure it's listening and open.
 The port was opened successfully.
ExRCA is checking the host autodiscover.zzz.be for an HTTP redirect to the Autodiscover service.
 ExRCA failed to get an HTTP redirect response for Autodiscover.
 Additional Details
 A Web exception occurred because an HTTP 404 - NotFound response was received from IIS7.



Attempting to contact the Autodiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 ExRCA failed to contact the Autodiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect method.
 Test Steps
 Attempting to locate SRV record _autodiscover._tcp.ncb.be in DNS.
 The Autodiscover SRV record wasn't found in DNS.
  Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it

Answer 1

You don't necessarily need to use the autodiscovery if you already know the address of your exchange server. Try the following instead (for more info, look here:

service.Url = new Uri("https://hostname/EWS/Exchange.asmx");

Replace "hostname" with the hostname for your exchange server.