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How to Save Email Messages in the Default Drafts Folder of a Shared Mailbox in Office 365 Exchange Online

Introduction

This script demonstrates how to save email messages in the default Drafts folder of a shared mailbox in Office 365 Exchange Online.

Scenario

Currently, Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Online allows you to create a shared mailbox. A shared mailbox allows a group of users to view and send e-mail from a common mailbox. But the email messages sent by these users on behalf of the shared mailbox actually appear in their Sent Items folder by default. You may want to use a script to save email messages in the default Draft folder of shared mailbox. Then you can send these email messages later and these email messages can be viewed by these uses.

Script

This script contains the following function:
Send-OSCEXOEmailMessage

You can use this script in the following way.

1.       Open Windows PowerShell.
2.        Run Import-Module cmdlet to import this module file.
   Import-Module filepath\scriptname.psm1

Here are some code snippets for your reference.

PowerShell
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powershell
Try
{
    if (-not $SaveDraftInSharedMailbox) {
        $emailMessage.SendAndSaveCopy()
    } else {
        if ($exService.Credentials.Credentials.UserName -ne $From) {
            $mailbox = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Mailbox($From)
            $folderID = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderId(`
                        [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::Drafts,`
                        $mailbox)
            $emailMessage.Save($folderID)
        }
    }
}
Catch
{
    $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($_)
}

Try 
{ 
    if (-not $SaveDraftInSharedMailbox) { 
        $emailMessage.SendAndSaveCopy() 
    } else { 
        if ($exService.Credentials.Credentials.UserName -ne $From) { 
            $mailbox = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Mailbox($From) 
            $folderID = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderId(` 
                        [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::Drafts,` 
                        $mailbox) 
            $emailMessage.Save($folderID) 
        } 
    } 
} 
Catch 
{ 
    $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($_) 
}



 

Examples

Example 1: How to display help about Send-OSCEXOEmailMessage.
To display help about this function, please run this command.
Get-Help Send-OSCEXOEmailMessage -Full
 

Example 2: How to initiate a connection to Office 365 Exchange Online.
To initiate a connection to Office 365 Exchange Online, please run this command. You must run this example before any other steps.
Connect-OSCEXOWebService -Credential (Get-Credential admin@domain01.onmicrosoft.com)

Note The Connect-OSCEXOWebService function creates a new variable called exService. This variable is in the global scope of the current Windows PowerShell session. This variable is used by other functions in the script.

Example 3: How to save email messages in the default Drafts folder of a shared mailbox.
To save email messages in the default Drafts folder of a shared mailbox, please run this command.
Send-OSCEXOEmailMessage -From "corphr@domain.onmicrosoft.com" -To "johnd@domain.onmicrosoft.com" -Subject "Save mail in the default Drafts folder of a Shared Mailbox" -Body "Save mail in the default Drafts folder of a Shared Mailbox" -SaveDraftInSharedMailbox

Additional Resources

Technical Resources:
Windows PowerShell Advanced Function
Creating and sending email messages by using the EWS Managed API
How to: Delay sending an email message by using the EWS Managed API
Adding inline attachments by using the EWS Managed API
Set Up a Shared Mailbox

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