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+/*
+ * qtmaildir - a Qt6 mail client for notmuch-indexed Maildirs
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "draftstore.h"
+
+#include "maildirname.h"
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QSaveFile>
+
+DraftStore::Result DraftStore::write(const QString &folderPath,
+                                     const QByteArray &bytes,
+                                     const QString &flags,
+                                     const QString &previousPath)
+{
+    Result result;
+
+    if (folderPath.isEmpty()) {
+        result.error = QObject::tr("No folder was configured to write to.");
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    // cur/, never new/. A file in new/ is re-announced as fresh mail by every
+    // reader of the Maildir, so an autosaved draft would arrive as a new
+    // message on every revision.
+    const QString curPath = folderPath + QStringLiteral("/cur");
+    if (!QDir().mkpath(curPath)) {
+        result.error = QObject::tr("Cannot create the folder %1.").arg(curPath);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    // A FRESH name, with no previous one to preserve flags from: a draft is
+    // newly composed, and MessageBuilder's bytes carry no filename. The flags
+    // are appended here instead.
+    const QString name = MaildirName::fresh(QString())
+                         + QStringLiteral(":2,") + flags;
+    const QString target = curPath + QLatin1Char('/') + name;
+
+    // QSaveFile: writes to a temporary and renames into place, so a reader
+    // never sees a half-written message. mbsync and notmuch both watch this
+    // directory.
+    QSaveFile file(target);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+        result.error = QObject::tr("Cannot write to %1: %2")
+                           .arg(target, file.errorString());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    if (file.write(bytes) != bytes.size() || !file.commit()) {
+        result.error = QObject::tr("Cannot write to %1: %2")
+                           .arg(target, file.errorString());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    result.path = target;
+
+    // AFTER the new file is safely in place, never before: unlinking first
+    // would lose the draft entirely if the write then failed. A failure to
+    // remove the old revision is not reported as a failure of the write,
+    // because the new revision IS on disk; the cost is one stale file.
+    if (!previousPath.isEmpty() && previousPath != target)
+        QFile::remove(previousPath);
+
+    return result;
+}