How to save sent messages in mail??

Question

For the life of me, I cannot figure out a rule that simply saves sent mail in the sent folder and marks it as read. I do not see a simple "save sent mail" setting in preferences, so I set up a rule that I want applied to outgoing mail only, and the problem is that it's being applied to outgoing and incoming. Here is the closest I could come up with:
If all of the following conditions are met:
-from is equal to (my email address)
perform the following actions:
-move message to mailbox sent
-mark as read
So with this rule everything works correctly except all of the mail that is sent from my email address to my email address (such as an automated reminder email) is going into the sent mail and marked as read. If I select "copy" message to mailbox, two copies are saved in mail.
I had this working correctly in Tiger, not sure if there used to be a saved sent mail setting or if my rule was somehow different and I'm not figuring out what it was.
After all this, I'm sure someone is going to point out something that's right in front of my face.
Message was edited by: chris_phs

Answer 1

I am using a simple pop account. My goal is to simply save all sent mail in the sent folder while having them marked as read. The only setting in preferences I see regarding sent mail is under: accounts/mailbox behaviors/erase copies of sent mail when -> select Never.
I have never selected, but sent mail is not being saved in the sent folder without the rule I created. Although the rule doesn't do exactly what I want because it is applied to both incoming and outgoing mail and I only want it applied to outgoing. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't even need a rule with "never" selected under mailbox behaviors and mail is just not functioning properly. I've seen some other threads about people's sent mail being saved very sporadically, so I wouldn't doubt that this is a bug with mail.