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GetUserOofSettings operation

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The GetUserOofSettings operation gets a mailbox user's Out of Office (OOF) settings and messages.

SOAP Headers

The GetUserOofSettings operation can use the SOAP headers that are listed and described in the following table.

Header Element Description
Impersonation
ExchangeImpersonation
Identifies the user whom the client application is impersonating.
ServerVersion
ServerVersionInfo
Identifies the version of the server that responded to the request.

Using the GetUserOofSettings Operation

The GetUserOofSettings operation provides access to a user's OOF settings. A user is identified by the user's email address. If the OOF message is null and OOF is enabled, no OOF message is sent.

Important

If the OOF messages are set by MicrosoftOfficeOutlook, this operation will return the OOF messages in HTML format.

GetUserOofSettings request example

Description

The following example shows a GetUserOofSettings request that gets a single user's OOF information.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
               xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
               xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetUserOofSettingsRequest xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <Mailbox xmlns ="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
        <Address>User1@example.com</Address>
      </Mailbox>
    </GetUserOofSettingsRequest>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Request elements

The following elements are used in the request:

Successful GetUserOofSettings response example

Description

The following example shows a disabled OOF state with the OOF messages.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
               xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Header>
    <t:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="8" MinorVersion="0" MajorBuildNumber="685" MinorBuildNumber="8" 
                         xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <GetUserOofSettingsResponse xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <ResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
        <ResponseCode>NoError</ResponseCode>
      </ResponseMessage>
      <OofSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
        <OofState>Disabled</OofState>
        <ExternalAudience>All</ExternalAudience>
        <Duration>
          <StartTime>2006-11-03T23:00:00</StartTime>
          <EndTime>2006-11-04T23:00:00</EndTime>
        </Duration>
        <InternalReply>
          <Message>I am out of office. This is my internal reply.</Message>
        </InternalReply>
        <ExternalReply>
          <Message>I am out of office. This is my external reply.</Message>
        </ExternalReply>
      </OofSettings>
      <AllowExternalOof>All</AllowExternalOof>
    </GetUserOofSettingsResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Successful GetUserOofSettings response elements

The following elements are used in the response:

GetUserOofSettings Error response example

Description

The following example shows an error response caused by an attempt to access another user's OOF information.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
               xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Header>
    <t:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="8" MinorVersion="0" MajorBuildNumber="685" MinorBuildNumber="8" 
                         xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <soap:Fault>
      <faultcode>soap:Client</faultcode>
      <faultstring>Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.AccessDeniedException: User is not mailbox owner. User = S-1-5-21-3642464542-282065186-3871681729-1155, MailboxGuid = S-1-5-21-3642464542-282065186-3871681729-1156 ---> User is not mailbox owner. </faultstring>
      <faultactor>https://CAS01.example.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</faultactor>
      <detail>
        <ErrorCode xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">-2146233088</ErrorCode>
      </detail>
    </soap:Fault>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

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