update Draft mail which was saved

Question

Hi i have written a code to save the mail to Drafts folder as follows

long? draftID = 0;
MailBuilder builder = new MailBuilder();
builder.From.Add(new MailBox("demo@x.com"));
builder.To.Add(new MailBox("demo@some.com"));
IMail email = builder.Create();
using (Imap imap = new Imap())
{
  imap.ConnectSSL("imap.server.com");
  imap.UseBestLogin("userName", "password");
  FolderInfo drafts = new CommonFolders(imap.GetFolders()).Drafts;
  draftID = imap.UploadMessage(drafts, email);
}

this is successfully saving in my drafts, now if I do some changes for the same mail and click on save I need to update the mail so can some one help me

Answer 1

IMAP is designed for server-side management of emails, not for editing messages. So unfortunately you need to delete existing email and upload the new one.

There exists CATENATE extension - it allows modifying parts of existing message (draft) - however it is not that easy to use, and many servers don't support it.

Comments

Thanks I need one more i.e while saving to drafts using the method it is saying that To Address is mandatory, so how can I save to drafts with out giving to address

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Who says, that To is mandatory? Mail.dll doesn't impose such restriction, when uploading the email. If it's the server you'll need to provide fake address.

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Thanks it's my mistake in code, I didn't check for empty string