[MS-ASCMD]: ActiveSync Command Reference Protocol Specification

2.2.3.152.3 Status (FolderDelete)
The Status element is a required child element of the FolderDelete element in FolderDelete
command responses that indicates the success or failure of the FolderDelete command request
(section 2.2.2.3.1). If the command failed, the Status element in the server response contains a
code indicating the type of failure.
All elements referenced in this section are defined in the FolderHierarchy namespace.
Command
request/response
Parent elements
Child
elements
Data type
Number
allowed
FolderDelete command
response (section
2.2.2.3.2)
FolderDelete
(section 2.2.3.64)
None
unsignedByte ([MS-
ASDTYPE] section 2.7)
1…1
(required)
The following table lists the status codes for the FolderDelete command (section 2.2.2.3). For
information about the scope of the status value and for status values common to all ActiveSync
commands, see section 2.2.4.
Value Meaning Cause Scope Resolution
1 Success. Server successfully
completed command.
Global
None.
3 The specified folder is a
special system folder, such
as the Inbox folder, Outbox
folder, Contacts folder,
Recipient information, or
Drafts folder, and cannot be
deleted by the client.
The client specified a
special folder in a
FolderDelete command
request (section
2.2.2.3.1). special folders
cannot be deleted.
Item
None.
4 The specified folder does not
exist.
The client specified a
nonexistent folder in a
FolderDelete command
request.
Item
Issue a FolderSync
command (section
2.2.2.4) for the new
hierarchy.
6 An error occurred on the
server.
Server misconfiguration,
temporary system issue,
or bad item. This is
frequently a transient
condition.
Global
Retry the FolderDelete
command. If continued
attempts to
synchronization fail,
consider returning to
synchronization key zero
(0).
8 The request timed out. The server took too long
to respond to the request.
Global
Retry.
9 Synchronization key
mismatch or invalid
synchronization key.
The client sent a
malformed or mismatched
synchronization key, or
the synchronization state
is corrupted on the
server.
Global
Issue a FolderSync
command request with a
synchronization key of
zero (0).
10 Incorrectly formatted
request.
The client sent a
FolderCreate command
request (section
Global
Double-check the
request for accuracy.
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ActiveSync Command Reference Protocol Specification
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Release: Tuesday, March 15, 2011