Message

The Message element represents a Microsoft Exchange e-mail message.

<Message>
   <MimeContent/>
   <ItemId/>
   <ParentFolderId/>
   <ItemClass/>
   <Subject/>
   <Sensitivity/>
   <Body/>
   <Attachments/>
   <DateTimeReceived/>
   <Size/>
   <Categories/>
   <Importance/>
   <InReplyTo/>
   <IsSubmitted/>
   <IsDraft/>
   <IsFromMe/>
   <IsResend/>
   <IsUnmodified/>
   <InternetMessageHeaders/>
   <DateTimeSent/>
   <DateTimeCreated/>
   <ResponseObjects/>
   <ReminderDueBy/>
   <ReminderIsSet/>
   <ReminderMinutesBeforeStart/>
   <DisplayCc/>
   <DisplayTo/>
   <HasAttachments/>
   <ExtendedProperty/>
   <Culture/>
   <Sender/>
   <ToRecipients/>
   <CcRecipients/>
   <BccRecipients/>
   <IsReadReceiptRequested/>
   <IsDeliveryReceiptRequested/>
   <ConversationIndex/>
   <ConversationTopic/>
   <From/>
   <InternetMessageId/>
   <IsRead/>
   <IsResponseRequested/>
   <References/>
   <ReplyTo/>
   <EffectiveRights/>
   <ReceivedBy/>
   <ReceivedRepresenting/>
   <LastModifiedName/>
   <LastModifiedTime/>
   <IsAssociated/>
   <WebClientReadFormQueryString/>
   <WebClientEditFormQueryString/>
   <ConversationId/>
   <UniqueBody/>
   <ReminderMessageData/>
</Message>

MessageType

Attributes and elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child elements

Element Description
MimeContent
Contains the native Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) stream of an object that is represented in base64Binary format.
ItemId
Contains the unique identifier and change key of an item in the Exchange store. This property is read-only.
ParentFolderId
Represents the identifier of the parent folder that contains the item or folder. This property is read-only.
ItemClass
Represents the message class of an item.
Subject
Represents the subject for Exchange store items and response objects. The subject is limited to 255 characters.
Sensitivity
Indicates the sensitivity level of an item.
Body
Represents the actual body content of a message.
Attachments
Contains the items or files that are attached to an item in the Exchange store.
DateTimeReceived
Represents the date and time that an item in a mailbox was received.
Size
Represents the size in bytes of an item. This property is read-only.
Categories
Represents a collection of strings that identify to which categories an item in the mailbox belongs.
Importance
Describes the importance of an item.
InReplyTo
Represents the identifier of the item to which this item is a reply.
IsSubmitted
Indicates whether an item has been submitted to the Outbox default folder.
IsDraft
Represents whether an item has not yet been sent.
IsFromMe
Indicates whether a user sent an item to him or herself.
IsResend
Indicates whether the item had previously been sent.
IsUnmodified
Indicates whether the item has been modified.
InternetMessageHeaders
Represents the collection of all Internet message headers that are contained within an item in a mailbox.
DateTimeSent
Represents the date and time that an item in a mailbox was sent.
DateTimeCreated
Represents the date and time that a given item in the mailbox was created.
ResponseObjects
Contains a collection of all the response objects that are associated with an item in the Exchange store.
ReminderDueBy
Represents the date and time when the event occurs. This is used by the ReminderMinutesBeforeStart element to determine when the reminder is displayed.
ReminderIsSet
Indicates whether a reminder has been set for an item in the Exchange store.
ReminderMinutesBeforeStart
Represents the number of minutes before an event when a reminder is displayed.
DisplayCc
Represents the display string that is used for the contents of the CC line. This is the concatenated string of all CC recipient display names.
DisplayTo
Represents the display string that is used for the contents of the To box. This is the concatenated string of all To recipient display names.
HasAttachments
Represents a property that is set to true if an item has at least one visible attachment. This property is read-only.
ExtendedProperty
Identifies extended properties on folders and items.
Culture
Represents the culture for a given item in a mailbox.
Sender
Identifies the sender of an item.
ToRecipients
Contains a set of recipients of a message.
CcRecipients
Represents a collection of recipients that will receive a copy of the message.
BccRecipients
Represents a collection of recipients to receive a blind carbon copy (Bcc) of an e-mail message.
IsReadReceiptRequested
Indicates whether the sender of an item requests a read receipt.
IsDeliveryReceiptRequested
Indicates whether the sender of an item requests a delivery receipt.
ConversationIndex
Contains a binary ID that represents the thread to which this message belongs.
ConversationTopic
Represents the conversation identifier.
From
Represents the addressee from whom the message was sent.
InternetMessageId
Represents the Internet message identifier of an item.
IsRead
Indicates whether a message has been read.
IsResponseRequested
Indicates whether a response to an e-mail message is requested.
References
Represents the Usenet header that is used to correlate replies with their original messages.
ReplyTo
Identifies a set of addresses to which replies should be sent.
EffectiveRights
Contains the client's rights based on the permission settings for the item or folder. This element is read-only.
ReceivedBy
Identifies the delegate in a delegate access scenario.
ReceivedRepresenting
Identifies the principal in a delegate access scenario.
LastModifiedName
Contains the display name of the last user to modify an item.
LastModifiedTime
Indicates when an item was last modified.
IsAssociated
Indicates whether the item is associated with a folder.
WebClientReadFormQueryString
Represents a URL to concatenate to the Microsoft Office Outlook Web App endpoint to read an item in Outlook Web App.
WebClientEditFormQueryString
Represents a URL to concatenate to the Outlook Web App endpoint to edit an item in Outlook Web App.
ConversationId
Contains the identifier of an item or conversation.
UniqueBody
Represents an HTML fragment or plain text which represents the unique body of this conversation.
ReminderMessageData
Contains the data for a reminder message.

Parent elements

Element Description
AdjacentMeetings
Describes all calendar items that are adjacent to a meeting time.
AppendToItemField
Identifies data to append to a single property of an item during an UpdateItem operation.
ConflictingMeetings
Identifies all items that conflict with a meeting time.
Create (ItemSync)
Identifies a single item to create in the local client store.
ItemAttachment
Represents an Exchange item that is attached to another Exchange item.
Items
Contains an array of items.
Items (NonEmptyArrayOfAllItemsType)
Contains an array of items to create in the folder that is identified by the ParentFolderId (TargetFolderIdType) element.
SetItemField
Represents an update to a single property of an item in an UpdateItem operation.
Update (ItemSync)
Identifies a single item to update in the local client store.

Text value

None.

Remarks

Another Message element, Message (Availability) is used by the Availability operations to return OOF messages.

Message elements represent e-mail messages and all other items that are not strongly typed by the Exchange Web Services (EWS) schema. Items such as IPM.Sharing and IPM.InfoPath are returned as Message elements. Exchange 2010 does not return the base Item element in responses.

The schema that describes this element is located in the IIS virtual directory that hosts Exchange Web Services.

Element information

Element Example
Namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema Name
Types schema
Validation File
Types.xsd
Can be Empty
False

See also