public function send_mail() {

        $result = $this->mail->Send();

        if (!$result) {

            $log = new Log_Handler();

            $log->error("Mailer Error: " . $this->mail->ErrorInfo);

            return FALSE;
        } else {

            $imap_handler = GetMail_Helper::Instance('sent');
            $ImapStream = $imap_handler->get_stream();
            $folder = $imap_handler->get_folder();

            $mail_string = "From: me@example.com\r\n"
                    . "To: you@example.com\r\n"
                    . "Subject: test\r\n"
                    . "\r\n"
                    . "this is a test message, please ignore\r\n"
            ;

            imap_append($ImapStream, $folder, $mail_string);

            return TRUE;
        }
    }