Gmail ''sent folder'' missing...

hi guys !
i just set up my Apple Mail ( gmail pop account ? i think... ) it ''imported'' some 3000 emails other people wrote to me in the last three years or so but not a single one of the 2000+ i wrote/sent to others in the same period of time !?...
i've been around the Gmail settings page, looked around in the Mail menus but saw nothing that indicated being able to import this ''Gmail Sent Email Folder'' from Gmail over to my iMac...
what am i doing wrong ? any help would be VERY appreciated, thanks in advance
Nuno

hi ernie
well i'm afraid there's not much else, as i said i enabled POP in the gmail settings page then clicked the save button. then back to Apple Mail, went through the necessary steps when you first open Mail , you know : username, password & so on...basically i followed the indications written on Gmail about setting up POP accounts in Mail. when i was done with all that, Mail started ''receiving'' packs of 300 or 400 emails at a time until it had all of them in.
being quite stubborn, after i posted here i went back & realized they where ALL mixed up together : the emails people wrote to me & the ones i wrote to them so, to get those in my Sent folder, i went to the mail menu, selected view --> sort by --> from & Mail organized emails by name of sender alphabetically, then all i had to do was select all that had my name as sender, right click & select move to--> sent --> gmail & as by magic, it all fell into place.
i feel i have done something NOT the right way at all but am happy i manage to get it as i wanted, i had tried the imap set-up before & hated how Mail behaved & clutter of Mails interface with things i just don't use or want to use, you know ?
anyway many thanks for trying & sorry for the bother
cheers
Nuno

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