{"id":3162,"date":"2013-12-01T13:37:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limilabs.com\/blog\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:06:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:06:49","slug":"upload-email-to-sent-folder-after-sending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limilabs.com\/blog\/upload-email-to-sent-folder-after-sending","title":{"rendered":"Upload email to Sent folder after sending"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some SMTP servers automatically put sent messages in the sent folder, but this is not a SMTP protocol requirement and many servers don’t do that.<\/p>\n

In such case, you’ll need to manually upload message<\/strong> to the sent folder using IMAP<\/strong>. Unfortunately there is no standard that would allow checking, if SMTP server puts send messages in Sent folder.<\/p>\n

Create email message<\/h2>\n

First we’ll create new email message:<\/p>\n

\r\n\/\/ C#\r\n\r\nMailBuilder builder = new MailBuilder();\r\nbuilder.Subject = @"Subject";\r\nbuilder.Html = @"Html with an image: <img src=""cid:lena"" \/>";\r\nbuilder.From.Add(new MailBox("alice@mail.com", "Alice"));\r\nbuilder.To.Add(new MailBox("bob@mail.com", "Bob"));\r\n\r\nMimeData visual = builder.AddVisual(@"c:\\lena.jpeg");\r\nvisual.ContentId = "lena";\r\n\r\nMimeData attachment = builder.AddAttachment(@"c:\\tmp.doc");\r\nattachment.FileName = "document.doc";\r\n\r\nIMail email = builder.Create();\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET\r\n\r\nDim builder As MailBuilder = New MailBuilder()\r\nbuilder.Subject = "Subject"\r\nbuilder.Html = "Html with an image: <img src=""cid:lena"" \/>"\r\nbuilder.From.Add(New MailBox("alice@mail.com", "Alice"))\r\nbuilder.[To].Add(New MailBox("bob@mail.com", "Bob"))\r\n\r\nDim visual As MimeData = builder.AddVisual("c:\\lena.jpeg")\r\nvisual.ContentId = "lena"\r\n\r\nDim attachment As MimeData = builder.AddAttachment("c:\\tmp.doc")\r\nattachment.FileName = "document.doc"\r\n\r\nDim email As IMail = builder.Create()\r\n<\/pre>\n
Alternatively you can use fluent interface to create an email:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/ C# \r\n\r\nIMail email = Limilabs.Mail.Fluent.Mail\r\n    .Html(@"Html with an image: <img src=""cid:lena"" \/>")\r\n    .AddVisual(@"c:\\lena.jpeg").SetContentId("lena")\r\n    .AddAttachment(@"c:\\tmp.doc").SetFileName("document.doc")\r\n    .To("to@example.com")\r\n    .From("from@example.com")\r\n    .Subject("Subject")\r\n    .Create();\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET\r\n\r\nDim email As IMail = Mail _\r\n    .Html("Html with an image: <img src=""cid:lena"" \/>") _\r\n    .AddVisual("C:\\lena.jpeg").SetContentId("lena") _\r\n    .AddAttachment("C:\\tmp.doc").SetFileName("document.doc") _\r\n    .To("to@example.com") _\r\n    .From("from@example.com") _\r\n    .Subject("Subject") _\r\n    .Create()\r\n<\/pre>\n
Send email message<\/h2>\n
Then we’ll send it using SMTP protocol:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/ C#\r\n\r\nISendMessageResult result;\r\nusing (Smtp smtp = new Smtp())\r\n{\r\n    smtp.Connect("smtp.server.com");     \/\/ or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n    smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password");\r\n\r\n    result = smtp.SendMessage(email);\r\n\r\n    smtp.Close();\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET\r\n\r\nDim result As ISendMessageResult\r\nUsing smtp As New Smtp()\r\n    smtp.Connect("smtp.server.com")     ' or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n    smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password")\r\n\r\n    result = smtp.SendMessage(email)\r\n\r\n    smtp.Close()\r\nEnd Using\r\n<\/pre>\n
Upload email message<\/h2>\n
Finally we’ll connect to IMAP server, get Sent folder and upload message to it:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/ C#\r\n\r\nif (result.Status == SendMessageStatus.Success)\r\n{\r\n    using (Imap imap = new Imap())\r\n    {\r\n        imap.Connect("imap.server.com");     \/\/ or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n        imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password");\r\n\r\n        FolderInfo sent = new CommonFolders(imap.GetFolders()).Sent;\r\n        imap.UploadMessage(sent, email);\r\n\r\n        imap.Close();\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET\r\n\r\nIf result.Status = SendMessageStatus.Success Then\r\n    Using imap As New Imap()\r\n        imap.Connect("imap.server.com")\t\t' or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n        imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password")\r\n\r\n        Dim sent As FolderInfo = New CommonFolders(imap.GetFolders()).Sent\r\n        imap.UploadMessage(sent, email)\r\n\r\n        imap.Close()\r\n   End Using\r\nEnd If\r\n<\/pre>\n
Entire code<\/h2>\n
Here’s the full code:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/ C#\r\n\r\nMailBuilder builder = new MailBuilder();\r\nbuilder.Subject = @"Subject";\r\nbuilder.Html = @"Html with an image: <img src=""cid:lena"" \/>";\r\nbuilder.From.Add(new MailBox("alice@mail.com", "Alice"));\r\nbuilder.To.Add(new MailBox("bob@mail.com", "Bob"));\r\n\r\nMimeData visual = builder.AddVisual(@"c:\\lena.jpeg");\r\nvisual.ContentId = "lena";\r\n\r\nMimeData attachment = builder.AddAttachment(@"c:\\tmp.doc");\r\nattachment.FileName = "document.doc";\r\n\r\nIMail email = builder.Create();\r\n\r\nISendMessageResult result;\r\nusing (Smtp smtp = new Smtp())\r\n{\r\n    smtp.Connect("smtp.server.com");    \/\/ or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n    smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password");\r\n\r\n    result = smtp.SendMessage(email);\r\n\r\n    smtp.Close();\r\n}\r\n\r\nif (result.Status == SendMessageStatus.Success)\r\n{\r\n    using (Imap imap = new Imap())\r\n    {\r\n        imap.Connect("imap.server.com");     \/\/ or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n        imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password");\r\n\r\n        FolderInfo sent = new CommonFolders(imap.GetFolders()).Sent;\r\n        imap.UploadMessage(sent, email);\r\n\r\n        imap.Close();\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET\r\n\r\nDim builder As MailBuilder = New MailBuilder()\r\nbuilder.Subject = "Subject"\r\nbuilder.Html = "Html with an image: <img src=""cid:lena"" \/>"\r\nbuilder.From.Add(New MailBox("alice@mail.com", "Alice"))\r\nbuilder.[To].Add(New MailBox("bob@mail.com", "Bob"))\r\n\r\nDim visual As MimeData = builder.AddVisual("c:\\lena.jpeg")\r\nvisual.ContentId = "lena"\r\n\r\nDim attachment As MimeData = builder.AddAttachment("c:\\tmp.doc")\r\nattachment.FileName = "document.doc"\r\n\r\nDim email As IMail = builder.Create()\r\n\r\nDim result As ISendMessageResult\r\nUsing smtp As New Smtp()\r\n    smtp.Connect("smtp.server.com")\t' or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n    smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password")\r\n\r\n    result = smtp.SendMessage(email)\r\n\r\n    smtp.Close()\r\nEnd Using\r\n\r\nIf result.Status = SendMessageStatus.Success Then\r\n    Using imap As New Imap()\r\n        imap.Connect("imap.server.com")\t\t' or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n        imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password")\r\n\r\n        Dim sent As FolderInfo = New CommonFolders(imap.GetFolders()).Sent\r\n        imap.UploadMessage(sent, email)\r\n\r\n    imap.Close()\r\nEnd Using\r\nEnd If\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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