Django send mail , draft function issue - django

Question

I'm trying to implement a draft function on my simple message application which using a custom UserModel
A draft function is when the user doesn't send the mail straight away but saves it.
I'm having trouble figuring out how can I implement a draft function using my model.
I am able to figure out how to send a mail.
#login_required
def Create(request):
person = Person.objects.get(user=request.user)
form = NewMessageForm()
if request.POST.get('send', False):
form = NewMessageForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
recipient = form.cleaned_data['recipient']
subject = form.cleaned_data['subject']
message = form.cleaned_data['message']
thread = Thread.objects.create(subject=subject,user=request.user)
recipient = User.objects.get(username=recipient)
message = Message.objects.create(user=request.user,recipient=recipient,body=message,thread=thread)
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('world:message'))
elif request.POST.get('save', False):
#How can I save it as a draft?
return render(request,'create.html',{'messages':messages,'form':form,'person':person})
models
class Thread(models.Model):
subject = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
class Message(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='sender')
recipient = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='recipient')
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
body = models.CharField(max_length=1000)
read = models.BooleanField(default=False)
trash = models.BooleanField(default=False)
sentmessage = models.BooleanField(default=False)
thread = models.ForeignKey(Thread)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.body
forms
class NewMessageForm(forms.ModelForm):
recipient = forms.CharField(required=True,max_length=1)
message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea,required=True,max_length=1)
checkbox = forms.BooleanField(required=False)
def clean_recipient(self):
recipient = self.cleaned_data['recipient']
try:
recipient = User.objects.get(username=recipient)
except User.DoesNotExist:
raise forms.ValidationError("This username does not exist")
return recipient
class Meta:
model = Thread
fields = ('subject',)
template
<form method="POST" >
{% csrf_token %}
{{form.recipient}}
{{form.subject}}
{{form.message}}
<input type="submit" value="send" name="_send" />
<input type="submit" value="save" name="_save" />
</form>

Answer 1

You could add a BooleanField "draft" in Message which determine if the current message is a draft or not and filter the mailbox by exclude every message with the state draft and where recipient = current_user.
This needs to modify a bit your logic by set draft to 0 when the message is sent, 1 when the message is save.
EDIT: I didn't see your messagesent attribute. You could use it for that comportement, I think it's appropriate :)