imap: how to save a copy of sent emails to sent elements

[king.oslo]

Hello my friends,

 

I am writing an online emailing application with inbox outbox/sent elements etc.

 

When I send and email with mail() function, what would I do in order to save to the sent elements?

 

Thanks,

Marius

[jeremy0]

king:

 

You are writing basically an email server, right?  You would have to store the pieces of the email somewhere in the database, and then display those to that user and associate them with their account.  i.e.

1.  User sends email:

    a.  subject

    b.  body

    c.  to

    d.  from

    ...etc.

2.  Store copy of email in database

3.  Send email to 'to' address

4.  If user clicks on 'sent' folder

    a.  hit the database and look for the emails user sent

    b.  display list of emails.  if user deletes permenantly, remove from database.

 

Obviously, there's probably a lot more that needs to happen for a full email server, but you get the idea - you would need to store the pieces of the email in the database and piece them back together later.  The real fun starts when/if you need to receive emails from another email server or make use of the different kinds of emails that might be interacted with..