Save mail as draft

Question

I want to create a mail and save/upload it as draft. Is there a sample code for this or a guide. This is very relevant in my case. Thank you!!!

Answer 1

You'll need to use IMAP for that.

You can use CommonFolders class to get the Drafts folder name, or you can use string name if you know it (e.g. "[Gmail]/Drafts").

First we create a message:

MailBuilder builder = new MailBuilder();
builder.Subject = "subject";
builder.From.Add(new MailBox("alice@email.com", "Alice"));
builder.To.Add(new MailBox("bob@email.com", "Bob"));
builder.Text = "This is plain text email";
IMail email = builder.Create();

Then connect to IMAP, select draft folder and upload the message:

using (Imap imap = new Imap())
{
    imap.Connect("imap.example.com");    // or ConnectSSL for SSL
    imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password");

    CommonFolders folders = new CommonFolders(imap.GetFolders());

    imap.UploadMessage(folders.Draft, email);

    // -or- imap.UploadMessage("[Gmail]/Drafts", email);

    imap.Close();
}