EWS Connection to Office365 fails - 401 Unauthorized - vb.net

I need to make a VB .net tool to read email and save attachments. My company recently migrated from on-premise Exchange to Office 365. I have been reading EWS tutorials for 2 days now, and searching StackOverflow, but cannot get past the most basic step of authorized access to the O365 mailbox.
I took the original code from this article: htp://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/jj12345678910/reading-email-and-attachment-from-microsoft-exchange-server/. I had some trouble converting it to VB using the Telerik converter but I think I have it right. Each time I try using the FindItemsResults method it halts with "(401) Unauthorized."
The instructions for asking a question state that I should include links to what I have already found and why it did not work, but my SO reputation only allows me 2 links. Here is what I have tried:
I have tried every possible usercode and domain combination I can think after reading this page: htps://stackoverflow.com/questions/10107872/ews-connections-issues-401-unauthorized
I am trying to read my own mailbox, so this one does not help: htps://stackoverflow.com/questions/43346498/401-unauthorized-access-when-using-ews-to-connect-to-mailbox
My connection looks identical to the connection on this page, but using it in my project did not get past the same Unauthorized error as before:htps://stackoverflow.com/questions/29009295/ews-managed-api-retrieving-e-mails-from-office365-exchange-server
Here is my code:
Public Class Form1
Public Exchange As ExchangeService
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
lstMsg.Clear()
lstMsg.View = View.Details
lstMsg.Columns.Add("Date", 150)
lstMsg.Columns.Add("From", 250)
lstMsg.Columns.Add("Subject", 400)
lstMsg.Columns.Add("Has Attachment", 50)
lstMsg.Columns.Add("Id", 100)
lstMsg.FullRowSelect = True
End Sub
Public Sub ConnectToExchangeServer()
Me.lblMsg.Text = "Connecting to Exchange Server"
lblMsg.Refresh()
Try
'Exchange = New ExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2013)
Exchange = New ExchangeService()
Exchange.TraceEnabled = True
'Exchange.UseDefaultCredentials = True
Exchange.Credentials = New WebCredentials("DoeJohn", "mypasswd", "mycorp.com")
'Exchange.AutodiscoverUrl("DoeJohn#mycorp.mail.onmicrosoft.com", AddressOf MyRedirectionURLValidationCallback)
'Exchange.AutodiscoverUrl("John.Doe#mycorp.com", AddressOf MyRedirectionURLValidationCallback)
Exchange.Url = New System.Uri("https://outlook.office365.com/ews/exchange.asmx")
lblMsg.Text = "Connected to Exchange Server"
lblMsg.Refresh()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Fatal Error in Connect: " & ex.Message)
End
End Try
End Sub
Public Function MyRedirectionURLValidationCallback(RedirectionURL As String) As Boolean
Dim Result As Boolean = False
Dim RedirectionURI As Uri = New Uri(RedirectionURL)
If RedirectionURI.Scheme = "https" Then
Return True
End If
Return False
End Function
Private Sub btnRead_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnRead.Click
Call ConnectToExchangeServer()
Dim ts As TimeSpan = New TimeSpan(0, -1, 0, 0)
Dim MyDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now.Add(ts)
Dim MyFilter As SearchFilter.IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo = New SearchFilter.IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(ItemSchema.DateTimeReceived, MyDate)
If Exchange IsNot Nothing Then
Dim FindResults As FindItemsResults(Of Item) =
Exchange.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox, MyFilter, New ItemView(50))
Dim NewRow As ListViewItem
For Each MyItem As Item In FindResults
Dim Message As EmailMessage = EmailMessage.Bind(Exchange, MyItem.Id)
NewRow = New ListViewItem(Message.DateTimeReceived.ToString())
NewRow.SubItems.Add(Message.From.Name.ToString())
NewRow.SubItems.Add(Message.Subject)
NewRow.SubItems.Add(Message.HasAttachments.ToString())
NewRow.SubItems.Add(Message.Id.ToString())
lstMsg.Items.Add(NewRow)
Next
Else
End If
End Sub
I have confirmed that AutoDiscover is correctly finding the server, comparing to Test Email AutoConfiguration in Outlook.
AutoConfig
An interesting sidenote -- after my company moved to Office 365, I noticed that I have two new SMTP mail addresses. If I open Outlook properties on myself, I see this:
Props
This means someone can send mail to me now either at the old address john.doe#mycorp.com, and also now at doejohn#mycorp.mail.onmicrosoft.com. The new address is based on my domain usercode. I tested the microsoft one from a gmail account and it works.
To sum up, here are my questions:
1. Why am I getting the (401) Unauthorized errors when I try to read my Inbox?
2. Does Office 365 expect me to use my domain account or my mailbox name for user credentials?
3. In the domain part of the WebCredentials statement, do I use my company's mycorp.com or instead do I use Office 365's domain outlook.office365.com?
If you have read this far, many thanks!

I found the answer to the problem above, so I'll share here in case anyone needs it. The problem is down to security protocols added by my IT organization that were not documented because of recent phishing attacks on our company.
The first clue was that IT stated if I want to check company email on my personal 4G device like smartphone or ipad, I must also install Microsoft InTune for MFA connection to the O365 mail server. Since I am unaware of how to integrate InTune into my .Net app, I had to look for another answer.
I requested and was approved to move my functional mailbox from O365 to an on-premise Exchange server for this app. That solved the authentication problem.

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Already running application now gets socket error 10013

I have an application done in VB.NET that listen on a specific UDP port and answer through the same port to the IP that send the packet.
It was working ok from a couple of years to the last month; now when try to answer crash due to socket error 10013.
I even try an older version that I know it was working too and get the same crash.
I try disabling Microsoft Security Essentials real time protection and Windows firewall and didn't work.
In the code I have the line
MyUdpClient.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, True)
I have no clue about what to do, I'm lost.
Any idea how to solve this?
Edit:
Here's the code
#Region "UDP Send variables"
Dim GLOIP As IPAddress
Dim GLOINTPORT As Integer
Dim bytCommand As Byte() = New Byte() {}
#End Region
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If StartUdpBtn.Tag = 0 Then
' If Not UdpOpen Then
StartUdpReceiveThread(CInt(ListeningPortLbl.Text))
'End If
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UdpOpen = False
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StartUdpBtn.Tag = 1
StartUdpBtn.Text = "Stop UDP"
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StartUdpBtn.Tag = 0
StartUdpBtn.Text = "Start UDP"
TimerUDP.Enabled = False
TiempoUDP.Stop()
TiempoUdpLbl.Text = "--:--:--"
End If
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Dim UdpAlreadyOpen As Boolean = False
Try
If Not UdpOpen Then
MyUdpClient = New UdpClient(Port)
MyUdpClient.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, True)
UdpAlreadyOpen = True
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Me.Invoke(Sub()
TiempoUDP.Restart()
If TimerUDP.Enabled = False Then
TimerUDP.Enabled = True
End If
End Sub)
End If
ThreadReceive = New System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf UdpReceive)
ThreadReceive.IsBackground = True
ThreadReceive.Start()
UdpOpen = True
If UdpAlreadyOpen Then
PrintLog(String.Format("UDP port {0} opened, waiting data...", Port.ToString))
End If
Catch ex As Exception
PrintErrorLog(ex.Message)
PrintErrorLog(ex.StackTrace)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub UdpReceive()
Dim receiveBytes As [Byte]() = MyUdpClient.Receive(RemoteIpEndPoint)
DstPort = RemoteIpEndPoint.Port
IpRemota(RemoteIpEndPoint.Address.ToString)
Dim BitDet As BitArray
BitDet = New BitArray(receiveBytes)
Dim strReturnData As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(receiveBytes)
If UdpOpen Then
StartUdpReceiveThread(CInt(ListeningPortLbl.Text))
End If
PrintLog("From: " & RemoteIpLbl.Text & ":" & ListeningPortLbl.Text & " - " & strReturnData)
AnswersProcessor(strReturnData)
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Private Sub UdpSend(ByVal txtMessage As String)
Dim pRet As Integer
GLOIP = IPAddress.Parse(RemoteIpLbl.Text)
'From UDP_Server3_StackOv
Using UdpSender As New System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient()
Dim RemoteEndPoint = New System.Net.IPEndPoint(0, My.Settings.UDP_Port)
UdpSender.ExclusiveAddressUse = False
UdpSender.Client.SetSocketOption(Net.Sockets.SocketOptionLevel.Socket, Net.Sockets.SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, True)
UdpSender.Client.Bind(RemoteEndPoint)
UdpSender.Connect(GLOIP, DstPort)
bytCommand = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(txtMessage)
pRet = UdpSender.Send(bytCommand, bytCommand.Length)
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PrintLog("No of bytes send " & pRet)
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10013 is WSAEACCES, which is documented as follows:
Permission denied.
An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. An example is using a broadcast address for sendto without broadcast permission being set using setsockopt(SO_BROADCAST).
Another possible reason for the WSAEACCES error is that when the bind function is called (on Windows NT 4.0 with SP4 and later), another application, service, or kernel mode driver is bound to the same address with exclusive access. Such exclusive access is a new feature of Windows NT 4.0 with SP4 and later, and is implemented by using the SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE option.
In the comments you mentioned:
I tried the program on a XP x32 and works ok but on Windows 7 x32/x64 don't, even if I disable the firewall and Microsoft Security Essentials Live Protection.
Maybe it sounds almost obvious but you could try to start your program in all of the available Windows XP compatibility modes. You didn't say that you already tried this but maybe you're lucky and the problem will be "solved" by this workaround.
If the problem still exists afterwards and considering the error code of 10013, I would try or check the following things:
I know you disabled "Microsoft Security Essentials" and the Windows Firewall, but double check whether there are other security related programs/services like anti virus protection, anti malware tools etc. running. It really sounds like something is blocking your socket creation/bind.
In case your program created log output/data which allows you to see exactly when it started to fail:
Any new software installed at that time?
Were Windows Updates (maybe automatically) installed at that time? Especially security updates regarding network security?
Any other noticeable changes in your environment? What about log entries in your Windows system log?
Just as a little test to verify if the error occurs only with your UDP socket: Try to use a TCP socket instead of UDP.
Start the machine in Windows Safe Mode with network support and execute your program from there.
Run your program on another Windows 7 machine and see if the same problem occurs there. It could be a valuable starting point (in terms of localization) to know if the problem occurs only on specific versions of Windows.
Single step through your code with a debugger and carefully watch what happens. Perhaps this can reveal some additional info on what's going wrong.
Maybe some of the ideas above can help you to track down the problem a little bit more. Good luck!

Timeouts and Freezing in EWS with Office 365

I have a service that watches 2 email inboxes. One thread is created for each inbox. The new messages are read and marked as Read on startup, then the NewMail event handler handles all new mail after that.
We have been using EWS version 14. We had no issues retrieving emails.
After we moved the emails to Office 365, the problems started.
On startup, the retrieval and handling of existing new messages is still working fine.
After startup, when the NewMail event handler is triggered, the bind/load method times out, regardless of what we set the Timeout property to.
We tried to switch to the newest EWS version (15.0).
With the new version, the startup handling still works fine.
However, trying to bind one email in the NewMail event handler makes no error, but makes the inbox thread quit.
When there is a new email message in both inboxes, the entire service freezes on the Bind line (i let it sit for 40 minutes before having to kill the service).
We tried both EWS versions with the following, with no success:
The below code is used in the NewEmail event handler AND the startup processing of existing new messages. Why would the same code have issues in one place and not the other? How do i fix this?
I have also tried to use EmailMessage.Bind using the NotificationEventArgs object, but i have the same issues.
We tried a SyncLock to get around the lock up and/or timeout, but that did not help.
Thanks!
Private Sub HaveMail(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.NotificationEventArgs)
Dim error_occured As Boolean = False
Try
Try
SyncLock lock
Logger.LogDebug("Just entered the Locked state of the HaveMail event")
Dim ir As FindItemsResults(Of Item) = service.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox, New SearchFilter.IsEqualTo(EmailMessageSchema.IsRead, False), New ItemView(20))
Do While ir.Items.Count > 0
For Each i As EmailMessage In ir
Try
Logger.LogDebug("About to load a newly received email message")
i.Load(PropertySet.FirstClassProperties)
Catch ex As Exception
Throw New Exception("Error while loading an email message: " & ex.Message)
End Try
Dim rm As New ReceivedMessage
rm.ReceivedDateTime = i.DateTimeReceived
rm.ToAddress = i.DisplayTo
rm.Subject = i.Subject
rm.Body = i.Body
rm.FromAddress = i.From.Address
Logger.LogDebug("Just loaded a newly received email message from " & rm.FromAddress)
Dim rme As New ReceivedMessageEvent
rme.msg = rm
RaiseEvent GotMail(Me, rme)
Logger.LogDebug("Just processed a newly received email message from " & rm.FromAddress)
i.IsRead = True
i.Update(ConflictResolutionMode.AlwaysOverwrite)
Next
ir = service.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox, New SearchFilter.IsEqualTo(EmailMessageSchema.IsRead, False), New ItemView(20))
Loop
End SyncLock
Generally speaking, it's not a good practice to do much of anything from within the actual event handler. So Update, FindItems, and Bind would all make a call back to EWS from within your handler, and that is not good. The ExchangeService object is also not thread safe. How did you get away with it before O365? I have no answer other than just lucky.
Thanks to an answer on my posting on MSN, I was able to fix the problem.
I needed to raise the DefaultConnectionLimit to 100. Apparently, it defaults to 2, which was not enough.

VB Authenticate User In Outlook Web App

I currently have a mail system using Microsoft's exchange server (OWA). I am trying to authenticate a user and send an email using pure Visual Basic code.
I have been trying to use a library called Aspose, however; I have no idea if I'm on the right track. I can not get it to work and I am not sure (since this is a company mail server) whether it's the server or it's my code.
Currently I have,
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
' Create instance of ExchangeClient class by giving credentials
Dim client As Aspose.Email.Exchange.ExchangeClient = New Aspose.Email.Exchange.ExchangeClient("https://MAILSERVER.com/username/", "username", "password", "https://MAILSERVER.com/")
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msg.From = "username#MAILSERVER.com"
msg.To = "receivingemail#gmail.com"
msg.Subject = "test"
msg.HtmlBody = "test"
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Try
client.Send(msg)
Console.WriteLine("made it")
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("failed")
End Try
End Sub
I have obviously changed the username, password, and server name fields to generic ones but with (what I think is the right credentials) the output is always failed.
Can anybody help me out please?
Here is what I use:
Public Shared Function SendEMail(MailMessage As System.Net.Mail.MailMessage) As String
ErrorMess = ""
' Default the from address, just in case is was left out.
If MailMessage.From.Address = "" Then
MailMessage.From = New Net.Mail.MailAddress("donotreply#MAILSERVER.com")
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Return ErrorMess
End If
' Create a SMTP connedction to the exchange 2010 load balancer.
Dim SMTPClient As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("MAILSERVER.com")
Try
Dim ValidUserCredential As New System.Net.NetworkCredential
ValidUserCredential.Domain = "MAILSERVER.com"
ValidUserCredential.UserName = My.Resources.EmailUserName
ValidUserCredential.Password = My.Resources.EmailPassword
SMTPClient.UseDefaultCredentials = False
SMTPClient.Credentials = ValidUserCredential
SMTPClient.Send(MailMessage)
Return "Mail Sent"
Catch ex As Exception
ErrorMess = ex.Message & " " & ex.InnerException.ToString
Return ErrorMess
End Try
End Function
The ExchangeClient class is used to connect to Exchange server using the WebDav protocol and is used with Exchange Server 2003 and 2007. For OWA, you need to use the IEWSClient interface as shown in the following sample code. It has an Office365 test account that you can use to send a test email (the test account is solely for testing purpose and is not property of Aspose. I just created it for assisting you in testing the functionality). Please try it and if you face any problem, you may share the porblem on Aspose.Email forum for further assistance.
' Create instance of IEWSClient class by giving credentials
Dim client As IEWSClient = EWSClient.GetEWSClient("https://outlook.office365.com/ews/exchange.asmx", "UserTwo#ASE1984.onmicrosoft.com", "Aspose1234", "")
' Create instance of type MailMessage
Dim msg As New MailMessage()
msg.From = "UserTwo#ASE1984.onmicrosoft.com"
msg.[To] = "receiver#gmail.com"
msg.Subject = "Sending message from exchange server"
msg.IsBodyHtml = True
msg.HtmlBody = "<h3>sending message from exchange server</h3>"
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client.Send(msg)
I work with Aspose as Developer evangelist.

VB.NET adding a user to distribution list. An operations error occurred

So this is what I've got -
Public Shared Function GetDirectoryEntry() As DirectoryEntry
Try
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Dim de As New DirectoryEntry()
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I hope this is easy enough for people to read, anyway the group and user are selected by the users in a table and when they click the add button I want the selected users to be adding to the selected distribution list.
when it gets to the CommitChanges() I get this error
An exception of type 'System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException' occurred in System.DirectoryServices.dll but was not handled in user code Additional information: An operations error occurred.Error -2147016672
This is a common issue with the Process Model application pool configuration, from the official documentation:
By using the <processModel> element, you can configure many of the security, performance, health, and reliability features of application pools on IIS 7 and later.
This issue exists as CommitChanges() requires elevated privileges, and can be fixed by setting your web-application to run under NetworkManager; this can be done in two ways:
Directly in your code, place the problem code inside this Using statement:
Using HostingEnvironment.Impersonate()
'Problem code goes here.
End Using
Via IIS Manager:
Navigate to your website's application pool;
Navigate to Advanced Settings;
Scroll down to the Process Model group;
Change Identity to NetworkService
I solved the error by passing through my user credentials
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Dim ent As New GetDirectoryEntry(bindString)
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However my code still doesn't work, I just get no errors.

Installing Windows services gives an error

I created a simple windows service on my local PC and added the following code to it
Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVal args() As String)
Const iTIME_INTERVAL As Integer = 60000 ' 60 seconds.
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2) Once I enter the credentials (random ones), I get an error "No mapping between account names and security ids was done".
Kindly help me out
1: You could make your service be selfinstalling as in this codeproject article and then just send in the username/password you want to use to the ServiceProcessInstaller.
2: Try entering the credentials in a different format. If you're currently using ".\user" try writing "computer\user" or vice versa.