How do I archive sent mail?

I recently upgraded a family member's iMac, and restored her mailboxes from archives I'd made. Her Sent mailbox wasn't available, however. Is there any way of restoring this? The old iMac is still available to plunder.

If you restore the backup copy of the original Mail folder and com.apple.mail.plist file, then all mailboxes including the Sent should be restored. The Mail folder is found at Home/Library/Mail, and the plist at Home/Library/Preferences.
Depending upon how first restored the Sent mailbox, it might be possible that only a Rebuild would be needed to make the messages visible assuming they were present in the Sent Messages.mbox folder you restored?
Ernie

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Using IMAP.
My mail server has a low mail quota, so I need to Archive frequently, but I use multiple devices so leave what I can on the server.
My archive settings are :-
Copies and folders: message archives: Keep message archives in: other: inbox 'mymail' on: Archive (Local folder)
Copies and Folders: when sending messages: automatically place a copy in: sent folder on: 'mymail@mydomain' (My IMAP) - the default.
Copies and Folders: archive options: yearly
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When I do the same for sent items (on IMAP server), the mail just disappears.
Where does it go? How do I get it back?

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Because of the differences between Mail 1.x and Mail 2.x, further discussing your problem here might confuse other users with apparently similar problems running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), so please start a new topic in the Mail & Address Book - Mac OS X 10.3 & earlier forum, or just look for other threads discussing the same problem there. This is actually a FAQ in that forum.

How do you store "sent" mail locally and on the server?

Hello. This is a slightly lengthy...but hopefully someone can help!
I am using the Mail program in Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.3) with an IMAP account. I am wondering how you set up the preferences so that the e-mails that you send (outgoing) are stored locally on my computer and also on the server (so that I can .
So far I have tried checking and unchecking the option to 'store mail on the server' (in the 'Mailbox Behavior' window of the Preference Box). When I uncheck the box, the sent mail is stored ONLY locally on my computer.
When I check the box so that the mail is stored on the server, I cannot view any copies of the sent mail on my computer, nor can I view the sent mail through my other school account (same account b/c it's IMAP).
My IMAP account is setup with my school, so I have a folder called 'Sent' that I have programmed so that copies of my sent mail are stored there (viewable locally on any computer that I log-in to). I formerly user Thunderbird (with Mozilla) and it allowed me to save sent mail into that same folder, but I am unable to do so with Mail in the Tiger program.
I hope this is understandable...anyone able to shed some light on this issue? Thanks!
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi tanjo,
This is a bit of a workaround, but you could set
mail.app to automatically blind copy to yourself any
messages you originate (and then use a rule to
automatically file these messages in a "sent" folder
of your choice).
A method to do setup this default bcc is on
MacOSXhints.com, in this article: Permanently add Reply To headers in
Mail.app. It references this command line:
defaults write com.apple.mail
UserHeaders '{"Bcc" = "[email protected]";
best of luck,
...ben
PB G4 15 1.67 GHz,
iBook SE 0.47 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3)
Hi Ben,
Thank you very much for the tip. I'm going to give that a try. Happy Holidays!
--tanjo

How we retrieve the sent mails , drafts from mail

I have a problem with retrieving sent mails, drafts and all other from mail.
I am succeded in retrieving mails from inbox. please give me code for that
this my code for retrieving inbox from mail.
<%@page import="java.util.*,java.io.*,javax.mail.*,javax.mail.internet.*,javax.mail.search.*,javax.activation.*"%>
     <TABLE align="center">
     <tr>
     <td>
<%
String host = "pop.gmail.com";
          HttpSession hs=request.getSession(true);
final String user=(String)hs.getValue("usid");
final String password=(String)hs.getValue("pwd");
     String subjectSubstringToSearch = "";
try {
                    Properties props=new Properties();
               props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
props.setProperty("mail.pop3.port", "995");
props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.port", "995");
Session session1 = Session.getInstance(props,new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
return new PasswordAuthentication(user,password);
Store store = session1.getStore("pop3");
store.connect(host, user, password);
Folder fldr = store.getFolder("INBOX");
fldr.open(Folder.READ_WRITE);
int count = fldr.getMessageCount();
out.println(count + " total messages");
                    %>
                    </td>
                    </tr>
                    </table>
                    <br>
                    <table border="1">
                    <%
for(int i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
Message m = fldr.getMessage(i);
                         %>
                    <tr>
                         <%
Date date = m.getSentDate();
Address [] from = m.getFrom();
String subj = m.getSubject();
String mimeType = m.getContentType();
                         %>
<td size="35"><%out.print(date);%></td>
<td size="35">     <%out.print(from[0]);%></td>
<td size="35"><%out.print(subj);%></td>
<%}%>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    <td>
                    <%
String pattern = subjectSubstringToSearch;
SubjectTerm st = new SubjectTerm(pattern);
Message [] found = fldr.search(st);
out.println(found.length +
" messages matched Subject pattern \"" +
pattern + "\"");
for (int i = 0; i < found.length; i++) {
Message m = found;
Date date = m.getSentDate();
Address [] from = m.getFrom();
String subj = m.getSubject();
String mimeType = m.getContentType();
out.println(date + "\t" + from[0] + "\t" +
subj + "\t");
                         %>
                         </td>
                         <tr>
                         <td>
                         <%
                         out.println(mimeType);
%>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
Object o = m.getContent();
if (o instanceof String) {
out.println("**This is a String Message**");
out.println((String)o);
else if (o instanceof Multipart) {
out.print("**This is a Multipart Message. ");
Multipart mp = (Multipart)o;
int count3 = mp.getCount();
                              %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.println("It has " + count3 +" BodyParts in it**");
for (int j = 0; j < count3; j++) {
BodyPart b = mp.getBodyPart(j);
String mimeType2 = b.getContentType();
                                   %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.println( "BodyPart " + (j + 1) +" is of MimeType " + mimeType);
%>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
Object o2 = b.getContent();
if (o2 instanceof String) {
out.println("**This is a String BodyPart**");
out.println((String)o2);
else if (o2 instanceof Multipart) {
                                        %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.print(
"**This BodyPart is a nested Multipart. ");
Multipart mp2 = (Multipart)o2;
int count2 = mp2.getCount();
                                        %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.println("It has " + count2 +"further BodyParts in it**");
else if (o2 instanceof InputStream) {
                                        %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.println("**This is an InputStream BodyPart**");
else if (o instanceof InputStream) {
                              %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.println("**This is an InputStream message**");
InputStream is = (InputStream)o;
int c;
while ((c = is.read()) != -1) {
                                   %>
                         </td>
                    <td>
                         <%
out.write(c);
fldr.close(true);
store.close();
catch (MessagingException mex) {
mex.printStackTrace();
catch (IOException ioex) {
ioex.printStackTrace();
%>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Ramesh,
To paraphrase [url http://asktom.oracle.com]Tom Kyte, "holy unreadable code, Batman!"
Code is much more readable if you put "[ code ]" and "[ /code ]" (without the spaces and quotes) around your code samples.
Seems to me this would be a function of how the email server you are connecting to works - perhaps there is a folder called "Sent Items" or "Drafts" that you can use in this line (note the code tags ;) :
Folder fldr = store.getFolder("INBOX");Not sure if this is possible via POP, but it is in IMAP. Hint: use google and search for:
javax.mail "sent items"
you'll get some helpful information. Nothing to do with JDeveloper here.
John

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Since updating to Snow Leopard I no longer have any mail in my Sent Mail folder
when using IMAP in Mail 4.1. In fact just a few (258) of all my sent messages (3732)
were properly downloaded.
I noticed that after configuring my Gmail to work with Mail/IMAP some new folders were
created. They are: [Gmail]/Sent Mail/Sent, [Imap]/Drafts, Sent messages, and Deleted Messages. Apart
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pbchaves wrote:
Since updating to Snow Leopard I no longer have any mail in my Sent Mail folder
when using IMAP in Mail 4.1. In fact just a few (258) of all my sent messages (3732)
were properly downloaded.
I noticed that after configuring my Gmail to work with Mail/IMAP some new folders were
created. They are: [Gmail]/Sent Mail/Sent, [Imap]/Drafts, Sent messages, and Deleted Messages. Apart
from those, my Gmail account has always had standard folders such as Inbox, Sent Mail (the majority of my sent messages are in here), Drafts, Spam, and Trash. Apparently Mail is only downloading the messages from the new "Sent messages" folder and not the standard "Sent Mail", wherein all my sent messages actually are.
you can change Your Sent mailbox to "Sent Mail". select Sent Mail mailbox, go to mailbox menu->use this mailbox for->sent.
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Is anybody having the same problems?
I appreciate your help in advance.

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I got my new MBP a few weeks ago. As I couldn't transfer file from my old Mac due to disk failure, my mail was lost in space. I didn't panic because I knew Mail would download all my Inbox messages from every account I have.
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I just found this thread and am appreciative of the information. I am currently deleting over 24,000 emails that gmail has kept in the all mail folder. I noticed my mac mail was running so slowly and when I opened and watched the activity panel, I saw how many messages it was moving between mail and the gmail server. ugh!
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To be honest, some of the other explanations here on hiding folders, etc. I am concerned if I hide a folder, I won't see that it has collected xxxxx number of emails or some other function. Hiding seems mildly dangerous to knowing what is going on. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are suggesting.
I like using mac mail on my iMac, ipad and iphone and having it match what I see in gmail when I check it at work. So I am grateful for the help to smooth out the process. The least checking that I can do, and deleting, etc., and still being able to find the message I need to keep, make me a happier user.
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