How to know whether a mail was sent or saved, while displayed?

Question

Initial situation

creating an IRDOMail in drafts, then modifying and saving it
displaying it modal via IRDOMail.Display
the user then edits the mail and sends, saves or closes it
then using NameSpace.SendAndRecive to potentially initiate immediate delivery of all undelivered messages submitted in the current session
trying to figure out wether the mail was actually sent or just saved

Problem

IRDOMail.Sent, aswell as IRDOMail.Submitted are always false, altough the mail was sent and recieved

Question besides that

what's the difference between IRDOMail.Sent and IRDOMail.Submitted?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '20 at 16:46

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Keep in mind that the draft message that you display is physically different from the message in the Sent Items folder - the Sent property cannot be changed if the message has already been saved, Outlook creates a new message in the Sent Items folder.

After a message is sent, the only valid operation is releasing your reference to it, you should not be checking any of its properties.

To check if a message is sent, use the Items.ItemAdd event on the Sent Items folder.

answered Nov 20 '20 at 16:46

Dmitry Streblechenko

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Thank you for clarification. Is there any way to check if the new mail in the Sent Items folder originates from the displayed Draft message? – Toby K. Nov 24 '20 at 09:07
You'd need to track it somehow, by the subject, search key, etc. – Dmitry Streblechenko Nov 24 '20 at 15:17

How to know whether a mail was sent or saved, while displayed?

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