.Mac Sent Mail Sync

I just imported all my mail and accounts from Thunderbird into Mail.app. Additionally, I set up my new .Mac account. I moved all the old e-mails into the program, inbox for inbox, sent into sent, etc. Even after turning off the sync Sent message folder with server in the .Mac account settings, it still insists on uploading all of my old sent messages from the other accounts (thousands of e-mails). The only way I can get Mail to respond quickly and smoothly is to delete the account, otherwise it just hangs it up uploading messages I don't want it to. How can I stop this behavior?

This is normal behaviour of iMap account. When turning off Mail syncing in .Mac preferences, you just turn of the syncing of account information.
However, configured IMAP accounts (as .Mac is) will still continue to get synced, as all the information is being stored server side and messages can not be moved without syncing. This is not a restriction of .Mac, but architecture of the IMAP.
You can, however, manually set up your .Mac mail account to use the POP3 instead.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51729
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86685

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it works on my GMail.
what is the language of your IMAP server ?
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Oh, and this is the latest firmware, too!
And one other thing, OVI Suite, PC Suite and the umpteen other applications that all do useful things....can Nokia not just release one main PC support app that works and has ALL the features under one roof? I have to installed them all on my PC as well as loads of other sync and office apps on the phone (like OVI Files) just to do the obvious things that you use a modern smartphone for.
Nokia, there is a very obvious reason why you are losing market share at the moment, and it isn't because people trust Google or like DRM and fruit pictures on their phones. Get a grip will you?
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Ok here is the solution to your sent mails problem. I have spent far too long setting up google apps to sync properly with my new E72 (latest software installed). It really is a superb phone but if Nokia is not going to fully support integration with Google Apps with a simple app then Android and Blackberry will simply take over for Apps users. It really isn't up to Google to solve this its up to Nokia. Are you going to move from Google Apps or change your phone????
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1. Enable IMAP for the google accounts. Couldn't get anything to work otherwise.
2. Follow this instruction https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78887
3. Your inbox should now be working however you now need to map the folders you want to see on your mobile. While at your inbox go to >settings>mailbox settings>what to sync>folder subscriptions.
4. Click on Gmail and highlight the folders you want to see
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This was a nightmare and I am now running a third party app called Googasync which is working fine. In 10 days time I will need to buy this so if someone knows how to setup calendar syncing properly without it please let me know.
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Googasync will not sync Tasks and I don't know if there is any app out there that will. If someone can help please let me know. Surely this should be pretty simple!?!?!
By the way I mailed Nokia support last Thursday on the above but have not received a reply.
In summary its a great phone and I've moved from a Blackerry Bold to it but I shouldn't be spending days finding workarounds!!

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In Mail in Preferences->Accounts->Mailbox Behaviors, in the
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Apparently you must be very narrow minded. I don't want to develop an e-mail client from the scratch.
I would implement the sync the following way.
Assuming I use POP3 on both my iPhone and my MacBook. On my iPhone mail client I am downloading e-mails and reading them from time to time and replying. There is an ended set of what you actions you can do with your e-mails. Every e-mail has a unique ID / fingerprint - you can recognize it with 100% accuracy. I'm also downloading e-mails on my MacBook mac mail and performe the same ended set of actions on this e-mails. So the system architecture should be as follows:
1. MacBook mail client queues all the actions I have performed with my e-mails on my MacBook.
2. iPhone mail client does the same - creates a queues with actions I have performed on my iPhone.
3. If I have the syncing turned on on both of my devices and I'm logged in on both of them with the same Apple ID both devices process the queues to my iCloud, compare it and update status of my e-mails according to the actions in each queue.
So I will rather wait until Apple will do this simple solution.

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From reports on this site, Yahoo mail doesn't work reliably with Mail. The following steps may help.
Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
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Storing 'Sent' mail in 'On My Mac', but needing "To" not "From"..

Hi, I've looked for an answer to this in previous posts, but haven't yet found one:
I'm trying to store - so that they don't get erased - previously sent mail (..which is presently sitting in a 'Sent' mailbox under MAILBOXES..) so that it's sitting, instead, in a new box under the ON MY MAC heading.
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Thanks in anticipation..

Not to worry ..solved it myself:
For anyone who wants to know how to do this: Ctrl-click on the 'From' name, and then UNtick 'From' and tick (check) 'To' instead. Choose all your own headings by using Ctrl-click.
Good night, and good luck!
P.S: Ah, sorry, Ernie; didn't see you there!
By 'MAILBOXES' I meant the heading(s) down the left column of Mail, which read MAILBOXES, ON MY MAC, RSS, etcetera.
Anyway, thanks for your concern, but I did manage to find the answer in the end: "..when in trouble, choose Ctrl-click for a contextual menu"!

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Thanks, Chris ~
Sync has not worked (yet) ~
I'll try archiving from mobileme mail on browser... I can't open the SENT mailbox on TIme Machine on my computer. [It's not the end of the world to lose my Sent Mail, bcz it is still availble via brwoser, but I prefer to be in charge of my computer, not it in charge of me :-D]
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